Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Edison Eskeets measures one of the rugs a local weaver has brought to sell to Hubbell Trading Post National Site. Eskeets is the post’s trader.

Navajo rugs: More than just a pretty base

Karen Schaffner April 28, 2016

GANADO – Maggie Mannie, 83, assisted by her tall, strapping grandson, walked into Hubbell Trading Post with business on her mind. In one hand she held her cane and in the other, two rolled-up weavings,...

S. Grant Sergot, a Bisbee hatter, works on a customers fedora, installing an eyelet for the leather thong that keeps the hat on in the wind. Photo by Karen Schaffner/Arizona Sonora News Service

Custom hats still made the old fashion way in Arizona

Karen Schaffner March 31, 2016

BISBEE – Bill McKay strolled into Optimo Custom Hatworks to pick up his new hat. S. Grant Sergot had the custom-fitted, custom-styled hat ready. He checked to make sure it fit, then showed the...

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