Fire Captain Richard Jackson displayed the Maricopa Fire Department’s 1940s pumper truck at the Amtrak station to complement Maricopa Historical Society’s special event Saturday.

Part of MHS’s seminar “A City on the Move: The Influence of Railroads on the City,” was a free public tour of the California Zephyr train car filled with photos and memorabilia.

 

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.