Friends of Library Speaker Series
The library is honored to partnership with The Sun Cities Area Historical Society for a series of presentations this summer about Sun City West. The first of this series, The Boswell Connection, will be on April 29, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. in the RHJ Rec Center Lecture Hall. Bret McKeand, a member of the Society’s Speakers Bureau, will be our presenter.
The Boswell Connection
A local hospital bears the name of Walter O. Boswell. Jim Boswell owned the land on which Sun City was built and partnered with Del Webb in developing the new community. Few realize that Jim Boswell was the largest farmer in America or that the Boswell Empire stretched from vast holdings in California to Arizona to Oregon to Colorado and the outback of Australia. In building it, he bent nature, government agencies, and politicians to his will—yet never forgot his humble roots, other referring to himself as “just a cowboy.”
It is a free event, but registration is required. Register online through the library catalog at suncitywest.librarycalendar.com. Your registration online reserves a seat until the start of the event. Please note entry after the start time will be subject to seat availability. You can also call the Data Resource Center to get registered at 623-544-6644.