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The Wilder West: Stars…The Art of Dave Wilder
STARS Dave Wilder’s art can be seen at: http://www.wilderarts.com and at the Laughing Raven Gallery 417 Hull Ave. Jerome, Arizona and on Facebook: “David Wilder Arts” To see the PDF version of this page, click here.…
Building Bridges: a History of crossing Courthouse Wash and the Colorado River… by Lloyd Pierson
Traveling through southeastern Utah has not always been easy. The canyons of the Colorado River and its tributaries pretty much dictated where the traveler should go. The crossing of the Colorado at Moab was a most important landmark and was…
From TOM TILL “THEN & NOW”
The Zephyr is honored to present selected images from TOM TILL’s remarkable book, “Then & Now.” This is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, photograph of the Moab Valley. The photographer made the image from the…
(From the Zephyr archives) Losing Solitude: THE IVORY-BILLED TRUTH …by Martin Murie
(Note: this article first appeared in the June/July 2005 Zephyr) They’re still doing it, enviro outfits consulting consultants. The latest attack of this ailment is described in a column by Amanda G. Little. (1) A year ago about 20 “national”…
The August/September Issue of the Zephyr!
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT…Jim Stiles “Our Friends Were Dearer Then”—Herb Ringer 1913-1998 An Introduction to this Special Issue of The Zephyr also…“Stiles Road Rules #43, Confessions and Complaints of a Lifelong Jaywalker” SOWING CLOVER…Tonya Stiles “The Forgotten Conservative Case…
Take it or Leave it: ‘OUR FRIENDS WERE DEARER THEN…’ Herb Ringer…An Introduction…by Jim Stiles
I find it hard to fathom that almost 15 years have passed since my dear friend Herb Ringer left us, almost as long as the length of time we were friends. I met Herb in the late summer of 1981…
Sowing Clover: The Forgotten Conservative Case for Environmentalism…by Tonya Morton
Gather a few confirmed environmentalists in any room and give them 90 minutes to get acquainted, and the conversation will inevitably coalesce around one question: What’s the deal with those conservatives? It is almost impossible for a liberal, especially one…
Take it or Leave it: STILES’ ROAD RULES #43, ‘CONFESSIONS AND COMPLAINTS OF A LIFELONG JAYWALKER’…by Jim Stiles
Herb Ringer drove a succession of Ford cars and trucks over a period of 60 years; by his own estimate, he covered about a million and a half miles and not once, did he ever run over anybody. Or at…
Joseph Ringer’s Journal: 1944-1963
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“Notes on Reno and Vicinity” Autumn 1939…Herb Ringer
In the fall of 1939, Herb Ringer traveled west from Ringoes, New Jersey to pursue a divorce in Reno, Nevada. He stayed at a small boarding house on Virginia Avenue for the next several months. While he was there, Herb…
Renewable Energy: Shredding the Magic of Nevada’s Great Basin…by Scott Thompson
Experiencing the Great Basin Desert in Nevada seems to involve an inner war of perceptions. Here’s how it went for me. Just after Gail and I turned our rental car due south on Alternate U.S. Highway 93 from the fortress…
Vlachos’ Views…Photos and Captions by Paul Vlachos
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… Uvalde, Texas. I would have gotten the whole building, but I…
“FIRST TIME…” Herb Ringer’s father, JOSEPH RINGER, offers this fascinating ‘List of Firsts’ in his son’s life…
When Herb gave his father a journal for Christmas in 1944, JOSEPH RINGER put it to good use. In addition to his remarkable commentary that spanned the years 1944 to 1963, he liked to make lists. This is one of…
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…
Herb’s First Trip West: Colorado Springs, Summer 1917
“When I was about four my father had an engagement to play the summer season out in Colorado Springs with a local band, the Colorado Midland Band, owned by the Colorado Midland Railroad. So we journeyed by train across the…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…