Category: February/March 2019

HANK SCHMIDT’S MONTHLY REPORT: Arches National Monument, March 1940

Hank Schmidt’s first reports as Park Custodian at Arches National Monument in the fall of 1939 were all addressed to “Boss” Pinkley, then the Superintendent of the Southwestern National Monuments. Pinkley was a Park Service legend. According to Arches historian…

Herb Ringer’s American West: Winters in the West, 1940’s

HERB RINGER came West from his home in New Jersey in 1939. Camera in hand, Herb captured the American West, from the Canadian Border to the Rio Grande and from the Big Sur coast to the High Plains. We believe…

A Full Year of Backbone Supporters! Please Join!

The Zephyr Backbone is what keeps us alive! Click Here to Join! *Note: The Cartoonist screwed up. In a subconscious attempt to escape the world’s news, he changed one of our Backbone Member’s names from “Michael” to “Richard” Cohen. Sorry,…