“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…
HERB RINGER REMEMBERS CAMERON, ARIZONA —from the 1940s & 50s
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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…
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…
Photos from Herb: CITIES & TOWNS of the West…including Salt Lake City, Reno, and Aspen.
Herb Ringer: “Oh…It’s from King Tut’s tomb.” (from the Zephyr archives)…by Jim Stiles
About a year before his death in December 1998, I spent some time with Herb at his home in Fallon, Nevada. He lived in a 42 foot “Smoker” house trailer that he purchased in the early 50s. One night as…
Photos from Herb: The Joys of Car Camping
(Click each image to enlarge.) The Early Years: Camping in the ’36 Ford and the ’41 Lincoln “Zephyr” The ’50 Ford “Woody” Herb’s ’71 Ford Econoline (that carried him more than 350,000 miles) Don’t forget the Zephyr ads! All links…
Herb Ringer’s American West: Before & After…Herb Ringer Style
Sedona, Arizona. mid-50s & 2013 via Google Street-view MARBLE CANYON… 1950 & 2012 (Google) TONOPAH, NEVADA… 1942 & 2012 (Google) HERB RINGER came West from his home in New Jersey in 1939. Camera in hand, Herb captured the American West,…
Herb Ringer’s American West: Reno, Nevada
RENO, NEVADA THEN (1944) & NOW (via Google Maps) 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…
Herb Ringer’s American West…Herb’s “Woody” over the Years.
Lately I’ve been posting a lot of herb’s images on the Zephyr facebook page. Readers seem especially fond of Herb’s 1950 Ford Woody. I’ve put together a collection of that wonderful car, at various locations around the West from 1950…