The fourth week of the Sun Valley Lodge Discover Arizona series will feature the poetry of Badger Clark. The event will be held on Thursday, March 26th in the Lodge’s Wriston Lounge and will be presented by Greg Scott of Nogales.
Badger Clark was probably the first poet to make his living writing and reciting cowboy verse. It was in the Arizona Territory in 1906 that Clark discovered his muse. The young TB patient found cowboy work in Cochise County, and thrilled with his new lifestyle, companions, and environment, Clark turned to verse to express his delight and renewed health. His poems, published in western literary magazines, quickly brought him national acclaim.
This presentation examines several of Badger’s best-known poems and songs, and explores his life in Arizona and as South Dakota’s "poet lariat." Additionally, some of his unpublished and out-of-print verse is used, including Badger’s humorous take on Arizona’s attempts to gain statehood.
Greg Scott is an educator, historian, and musician. His lifelong interest in Arizona cowboy folk music has taken him throughout the state and the West, researching the songs and the people who sang them. Scott has been a Traditional Music Roster Artist for the Arizona Commission on the Arts and regularly performs at schools, libraries, museums, and festivals.
The Discover Arizona series consists of six programs that each feature a different aspect of Arizona history and are presented by an accomplished speaker. The series opened on March 5th and is sponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
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