TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT… THE CHRISTMAS of 1932…Jim Stiles COMING NEXT SPRING…THE ZEPHYR’S 25TH. SOWING CLOVER “Snowfall and the Religion of Grief” –Tonya Stiles CLINGING HOPELESSLY to the MAPS The 1941 Conoco “Touraide” Travel Guide From the 1993 Zephyr…
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve printed or posted this story two or three times over the past 25 years, but here it is again. I like the way these kinds of memories make me feel. Thanks…JS This time of year, I always…
Utah is not like any other state. Some Americans are still not sure Utah is a part of the union, and in its early history, of course, the U.S. Government refused to allow statehood for the land of Deseret. A…
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Zephyr was only in its fourth year of publication when the effects of an already runaway recreation/tourist/amenities industry became a real worry, at least to me. The reality of it was a sobering wake-up call and I…
Not long ago, a barn that had stood in my Colorado hometown for 90 years was demolished, but not before a land developer tried to purchase it for his new ranch. An old red barn. A wealthy real estate magnate.…
I grew up in Portland Oregon, and when I was in the fourth grade, 9 years old (1957), my Dad sprung me for a week to go to, of all places, Moab, Utah. To this day, I do not know…
The world of light and space that Edward Abbey found at Arches National Monument in the late 1950s and early 1960s and that he wrote about in Desert Solitaire survives in Great Basin National Park in far eastern Nevada. The…
Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… 1. There’s a big, slow curve as you come in to Bishop,…
When I was a little squirt, my family would take holiday trips from Los Alamos to St. George. It was a long day’s drive. Punctuated only by a few gas stops with rushed potty breaks. Dad would burn up the…
The Good, The Bad, and The Frozen Acrylic, 14×20″ Collection of the artist. Cards available on the Wilder Arts website. Dave Wilder’s art can be seen at: http://www.wilderarts.com and at the Laughing Raven Gallery 417 Hull Ave. Jerome, Arizona…