Marshall Trimble: Arizona's Official State Historian. While enjoying the reputation of being one of America's most popular raconteurs of this nation's colorful folk history, Marshall Trimble is also considered the dean of Arizona historians. He's taught Arizona and western history at the college level for more than 30 years. He's been head of Southwest Studies, a cultural-historical program at Scottsdale Community College for the past 25 years.
Trimble began his career as a folk singer during the 1960s and today appears on stage, radio and television as a humorist and storyteller of Arizona and the West. He’s seen most of Arizona's spectacular scenery from the back of a horse, and has performed his cowboy songs, poems and stories before audiences ranging from large national conventions to trail ride campfires in such scenic places as Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly.
Trimble grew up in the small northern Arizona town of Ash Fork and his homespun humor is a reflection of those times. His Irish roots are also reflected in his colorful stories. His book, It Always Rains After A Dry Spell, a collection of legends, tall tales and humorous true tales, was a finalist for the Ben Franklin Award for humor. His latest books are Never Give A Heifer A Bum Steer, Arizona 2000: A Yearbook for the Millennium, and Pulling Legs Attached to Tenderfeet. In 2003, he wrote the introduction and was a contributing writer on the University of Arizona Press publication, Arizona Goes To War, a book about the state's role in World War II.
To read more about Trimble, visit his web page at MarshallTrimble.com
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