Dolan as Champion of Arizona Tourism

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Dolan has been using this personalized license plate for years. He was the primary spokesman for the Arizona Office of Tourism's "Do AZ, I Do" campaign.

In his 41 years as Arizona's Official Balladeer, and for the years prior to that when he was writing and singing Arizona songs (which earned him the title in 1966), Dolan Ellis has probably done more than any other person to promote Arizona tourism.

Often when Dolan appears at the Arizona Folklore Preserve and other locations around the state, he will ask whether there are any visitors from out of state. Invariably, there are. And it's almost a sure bet that after the show is over, one or two of those visitors will come up to Dolan and tell him they learned more about Arizona from his 90-minute show than they had learned in a week of touring the state.

Dolan's large-screen photography especially, which he always uses at Arizona Folklore Preserve and often uses at other venues, turn his shows into Arizona travelogues.

He teaches his audiences about climate, geography, birds and wildlife, waterways, canyons, deserts, mountains. He covers interesting history and colorful characters.

Through it all, Dolan's love for his adopted state is obvious to everyone.

Which explains why he was inducted into the Arizona Tourism Hall of Fame!