The Arizona Historical Society is Arizona's oldest cultural organization founded by the territorial legislature on November 7, 1864 ... charged with preserving Arizona's history for the present and future.

Organized in 1979, the Historical League, Inc., a 501(c)(3), is a fund-raising arm of the Arizona Historical Society Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate, at Papago Park, Tempe, Arizona. Museum.

The Historical League Logo Old Ned is a design based on a toy horse that originally belonged to a small boy who became very ill. Just before he died, he gave the little horse to his mother and said, "Take care of Old Ned." In 1880, the family came to Phoenix and treasured Ned until he was given to the Museum.