True Westerners
Vince Murray

Vince Murray

The problem with Arizona is most of the people who live here are from somewhere else. They don’t feel connected to the place and compare what we...

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Keep Up the Fight

Keep Up the Fight

You can stand in some spots and feel “the power of the place.” “It’s what you feel when you stand in the ruts left by thousands of covered wagons,”...

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Steve Shaw

Steve Shaw

    I reluctantly acquiesced to my wife Marcie’s idea that we take a steamboat cruise on the Mississippi River in 1998; I assumed it would...

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Mark Lemon

Mark Lemon

Don't get me started on respected Alamo artists who pompously sit on their laurels, let their research stagnate and then come unglued after viewing...

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Ghost Town King

Ghost Town King

Todd Underwood remembers standing next to his dad at an Arizona ghost town they’d discovered some 30-odd years ago and getting that marvelous...

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Nate Funmaker

Nate Funmaker

When people come into my store, many are surprised to meet me. One customer said to me, “I’m thinkin I’m going to see a 60-year-old Jewish guy...

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Frank Weller

Frank Weller

Rescuing a horse from slaughter gives you a special feeling. The horses say it best in their thanks to us, but it goes far beyond each rescued foal...

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Brenn Hill

Brenn Hill

When I was touring radio stations in Texas, I was a “Texas Red Dirt Country” artist. At a cowboy poetry gathering, I’m a “Cowboy Singer.” I’ve been...

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