THE COLORADO RIVER BRIDGE at Moab, Utah. Herb and his parents first passed though Moab on June 1, 1950. It was a blistering hot day, but the Ringers found the shade along the river a refreshing break from the…
Herb Ringer’s American West: Bridges
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Herb Ringer’s American West: ‘THE SMALL TOWNS of the RURAL WEST in the 1950s’ Part 1…Photos by Herb Ringer.
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…
Herb Ringer’s American West: Cameron Trading Post, Arizona and The Bright Angel Lodge, THEN and NOW.
The Bright Angel Lodge, Grand Canyon 1950 2014 Cameron Trading Post, Arizona 1950 2014 HERB RINGER came West from his home in New Jersey in 1939. Camera in hand, Herb captured the American West, from the Canadian…
The Wilder West: Manifesto…Art by Dave Wilder
This painting, featuring a turkey vulture skull above crossed monkey wrenches is respectfully dedicated to the life and writings of Edward Abbey. It’s one of a new series of paintings that presents natural and human-made objects in trompe l’oeil…
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… 1. Indio, California – 1998 Indio keeps getting bigger and bigger. At…
Herb Ringer’s American West: Portraits From the Past…
Herb’s parents, Joseph and Sadie Ringer, Mojave Desert. 1944 Herb in the Snow A prospector near Death Valley, California and his burro. Early 50s Shorty Yarberry at the South Rim. (Read more about Shorty HERE.) 1950 Herb, Playing Cowboy. Sherm…
The Wilder West: Good, The Bad, and The Frozen…Art by Dave Wilder
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…
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…
Photos from Herb: CITIES & TOWNS of the West…including Salt Lake City, Reno, and Aspen.
Overpopulation and Liberal Taboos: In the Lands of Entitlement…by Scott Thompson
You’re damn right there’s an immigration problem in Arizona: far too many white people have been emigrating there. If you doubt that, here are the numbers: while the Hispanic population in Arizona increased by 856,000 between 1980 and 2006, the…