The early history of Wells Fargo mirrors the growth of the American West. Mail distribution by Pony Express and the Butterfield stage line were assimilated by Wells Fargo. The company continued to expand with the advent of mining and railroad expansion, which brought droves of Easterners see…
This writer made a devastating discovery.
HUACHUCA CITY — Parks in Huachuca City will be undergoing major improvements, with a number of projects expected to start early next year.
A parade of solar system bodies comes to opposition this month. At opposition, an object is directly opposite the sun meaning it is lit “face-on” and shining at its brightest. It also means the object is in the sky all night, rising at sunset, reaching its highest point in our sky around mid…
It feels incredible to scratch an itch that is until you get carried away.
In May of 1977 we moved into our first home in Sierra Vista. Being a young, first time home-owner and a totally inexperienced gardener, I was outside trying to figure a starting point to polish up a yard that had been long forgotten before we moved in. My new next door neighbor, longtime gar…
It is the simple things that make life bearable.
A brief digression from humor to solemn.
Landing the curator position for the Henry F. Hauser Museum was a bittersweet moment for Elizabeth Rozak.
One of this writer’s favorite pastimes is people watching. Unfortunately, the lengthy shutdown of our country and the world deprived her of that pleasurable activity.
Darwin identified fifteen species of finches on the Galapagos Islands back in the 1800’s. Galapagos finches have been the subject of several research projects over the years because Darwin identified so much variation in color and morphology among the resident finch population. Do you know t…
Does anyone mean what they say?
Limoncello is a vibrantly colored digestif that goes down easy on a hot summer’s day. Although the sweet liqueur is most often served chilled in a shot glass, it is meant to be sipped slowly after your meal.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors. If the experience of sheltering in a pandemic has taught us anything, it is the outscaled importance of that other 10%.
The short June nights will not be short of planets! All seven major planets are visible this month.
UPDATE: Since this February report, the fencing project has been completed, according to Tonto National Forest officials.
What is the meaning of life?
Once upon a time, there were people, some poor and others wealthy and powerful.
Part two of a series
Think of it as trickle-down karma. Children are the payback for what past generations endured with their children.
First in a series revealing the fates of Tombstone’s famous personas
If all goes well on May 27, we will see the first manned space mission launched from American soil since the Space Shuttle program was retired in 2011.
When even the happy hermit gets cabin fever, she turns to distractions she avoided in the past.
Of course my GPS is failing, I thought.
If you claim to be human, you will make a mistake or two in your life.
If your children are grown, you may not reminisce about a holiday until the day arrives.
It was an evening in early April when I drove away from Bisbee, the sun-baked blacktop rolling underneath my rental car as I passed through a blur of chaparral, then grasslands, into the wildness of the Sonoran desert. The southwestern sky was prototypical red. A long drive ahead, I was soon…
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