by stiles • • Comments Off on A LETTER from HERB about… RHYOLITE GHOST TOWN, EATING ANTS & COURTEOUS HOOKERS.
A Letter from HERB: Dear Jim, Just a little explanation on these old prints. Wes Moreland, standing in the doorway of the railroad station at Ryolite with his red setter. Both lived quite well on steak every day. I believe…
by stiles • • Comments Off on HERB RINGER REMEMBERS CAMERON, ARIZONA —from the 1940s & 50s
“The first time I stopped at Cameron was when I had my 1946 Ford. It was going to be a long drive, from the South Rim all the way to Kanab. And so my father suggested we stop. We noticed…
by stiles • • Comments Off on Update: The Colorado River Elevated Bikeway…by Jim Stiles
Construction continues on the “Colorado River Elevated Bikeway.” These images were taken on July 18. Proponents of the project obtained additional funding to extend the bikeway all the way to the mouth of Negro Bill Canyon. Whether the bikeway goes…
by stiles • • Comments Off on Hope Valley: A Place of Refuge & Solitude for the Ringers…Photos by Herb Ringer
From Joseph Ringer’s Journals: “June 9, 1945. Herb took us up to Hope Valley Calif to camp out there for the 1st time. It was cold so we all sleeped in the car & when we got up in the…
by stiles • • Comments Off on A Close Encounter in a Ghost Town: Herb Ringer in Ludwig, Nevada…1942
(click each photo to enlarge) Herb: One morning I took off from Reno to explore an old ghost town called Ludwig, near Yerington. While hunting through an old station, I heard a car motor wheezing over the rough steep hill,…
by stiles • • Comments Off on From Herb Ringer’s Journals: December 7, 1941
Wandering through ghost towns, away from the ‘real world. Herb’s “Day of Infamy” was very peaceful. (Click each image to enlarge.) To read the PDF version of this article, click here. Don’t forget the Zephyr ads! All links…
by stiles • • Comments Off on HERB REMEMBERS…Shorty Yarberry of the Grand Canyon
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…
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…
by stiles • • Comments Off on Antonio Zapien: My Love Letter to America…From Anne Crosman’s “The New Immigrants”
Antonio Zapien… Born:July 23, 1942, Numaran, Mexico Home: Tucson, Arizona Profession: Researcher, Animal Husbandry Antonio tells me such an unusual and poignant story of his journey to America that I ask him to write it in his own…