“The cultural influences of Spaniards and Mexicans were indelibly printed on Arizona long before territorial times,” notes Daphne Overstreet in her Arizona Territory Cookbook, 1864-1912. She recalls the envy of army wife Martha Summerhayes, for both the clothing and the kitchens of her Mexican neighbors. While Martha sweltered in her high-necked, long-sleeved white dress, Mexican women wore a low-necked, short-sleeved linen blouse over a calico skirt—always looking so much cooler and comfo


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