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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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…