Artist Kate Cory, 1861-1958, learned of the Hopi Mesas in 1905 through a lecture at the Pen and Brush Club in New York City. By fall of that year, she made the decision to travel to Arizona and spend time among the Hopi People. For the next seven years Kate lived in the mesa-top villages where she painted and photographed ceremonies and everyday Hopi life, becoming the first artist to extensively spend time among the Hopis. After moving to Prescott, Arizona, in 1912, Kate built a Hopi-style pueblo home, where she continued to paint throughout the next decades. Kate Cory’s lifetime of writings, paintings, and photographs document important early years in Hopi culture, as well as Arizona history. Kate Cory was an adventurer, and an uncommon woman of her time. The works of her life are a priceless Arizona legacy.