Posts by jasmine

Don’t miss the 50th Gila County Fair, running from September 19th to the 22nd! Food Expect to see all of your favorite fair foods, like corndogs, chili cheese fries, and cotton candy, and you’ll also see our Arizona twist.  Enjoy delicious cheesecake filling in an ice cream cone after a plate of mouthwatering ribs, or…

Have too much fun at the messiest event of the year! Globe’s MessyFest is the wildest, messiest festival you’ll find, and you are not going to want to miss it!  Held at the Horseshoe Park and Equestrian Centre, come help raise money for Childhelp, a non-profit that works to help child abuse victims.  Three sessions…

Globe may be a small town but we have the lion’s share of excitement and fun! The Town Was Established In 1875. Globe began as a mining town and got its name when a miner found a “globe-shaped” piece of silver.  The silver deposits ran out fairly quickly, but copper was discovered, and so pioneers…

Learn all about the many amazing uses of the prickly pear cactus, found right here in the Sonoran Desert! The prickly pear cactus is a mainstay of desert flora, and provides food for numerous wild animals, but it also has some great uses for humans – handy, since it grows in abundance.  It can be…