Marshall Trimble (born 1939) is an American author, singer, former community college professor, and Arizona's official state historian.
In addition to his position as director of Southwest studies at Scottsdale Community College, he is a popular speaker and True West Magazine's question-and-answer man.
[2] When he was eight, his family left the Salt River Valley and moved to Ash Fork, Arizona where his father worked for the Santa Fe Railroad.
Following high school, Trimble enrolled at Phoenix College where he was a member of the nationally ranked baseball team.
As part of his teaching style, he played his guitar and sang old Johnny Cash songs to demonstrate how folk music and history were interrelated.
In 2003 he received the Scottsdale Jaycees “Distinguished Service Award,” That same year he was named a Charter Member of the Arizona Culturekeepers.
In 2007, the Arizona Office of Tourism honored him with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his many years of service to his native state.