Program Type:
LecturesWho Can Attend:
Residents and Guests- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on April 29, 2026 @ 2:00pm.
- A Rec Card is required
- There are 89 seats remaining.
Program Description
Event Details
The Friends of the R H Johnson Library support a lecture series usually presented on the last Wednesday of the month on topics of health, history, and community resources.
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. You can also call the Data Resource Center to be registered at 623-544-6644.
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
Disclaimer(s)
Photo Consent and Release
Please be advised that photographs will be taken at the event for use on the RCSCW website and in the press, RCSCW marketing materials, and other RCSCW publications. By entering this event, you consent to the RCSCW photographing and using your image and likeness.
Registration Required
Residents must register to attend this event. This can be done below or by calling the Library's Data Resource Center 623-544-6644.