The Holyoak Family has been running cattle in Southeast Utah for decades.  I once bumped into Don in a remote part of Courthouse Wash. He was on horseback, headed downstream to check a boundary fence.  I asked him what he thought of the new mountain bike phenomenon.  Don said, “I ride a horse. ” I tried to pin him down. Finally he explained, “Seems like a hell of a lot of work, pedaling your legs off to give your ass a ride.”

This picture was taken at Rim Cyclery in Moab in 1990.

…JS

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A 200+ foot wind turbine, part of a 50 unit wind farm, and its predecessor  a 35 foot farm wind mill, used to pump water for livestock.

Click the image below to see more of Herb’s photos of the cities and towns of the American West:

http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2013/08/01/photos-from-herb-cities-towns-of-the-west-including-salt-lake-city-reno-and-aspen/

An excerpt: “Jack W. Holley was born on May 7, 1872 in Crawford County, Arkansas. He served in the Spanish-American War, World War I, and spent many years at sea as a Merchant Marine and fisherman. He reportedly sailed around the world at least three times (and was shipwrecked at least once each time.) He studied philosophy in India and from this shaped his view of life. He was also respectful of the Aztec civilization. His rather austere existence in Moab was often likened to the spiritual sojourn of great Eastern philosophers. (Although other moab residents said he was a typical hermit—no different from the “mule and miner” prospectors who lived in the hills—someone who wore old clothes to encourage hand-outs and hoarded what few belongings he had.)”

To read more of Jean’s story about “The Goat Man,” click the image below:

http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2013/08/01/from-the-zephyr-archives-the-goat-man-photo-by-herb-ringer-story-by-jean-eardley-from-the-zephyr-archives/

Are cows more aggressive in Nevada than Utah? Check out the signs…

An excerpt: “One of the great characters of the Grand Canyon was Shorty Yarberry. His whole name was George Armstrong Custer ‘Shorty’ Yarberry. He was born on the day of the Battle of the Little Big Horn when Custer was killed. He is buried at the Grand Canyon, right next to the Kolb Brothers, who ran the photographic studio there…”

To read the rest of Herb’s story, click the image below:

http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2013/08/01/herb-remembers-shorty-yarberry-of-the-grand-canyon/

Wandering through ghost towns, away from the ‘real world. Herb’s “Day of Infamy” was very peaceful.

To read Herb’s journal from the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, and see photos of his travels, click the image below:

http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2013/08/01/from-herb-ringers-journals-december-7-1941/

Click the image below to view all of Herb’s “before” shots of the American West in the 40s and 50s, contrasted with images of those spots today:

http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2013/06/02/herb-ringers-american-west-before-after-herb-ringer-style/