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...
Nate Funmaker
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The Sinagua Sunwatchers
When Kenneth J. Zoll and his wife Nancy retired to Sedona, Arizona, in 2004, Ken had never heard of “archaeoastronomy.” After all, he had spent 35...
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...
Potawatomi Trail of Death
They were simply in the way, holding land that emigrating farmers wanted as their own. So the Potawatomi were rounded up and forced to leave their...
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...
Nevada Territory’s Best
You have to go back some 146 years—back to the days of Nevada Territory—to hear the kind of bragging about the St. Charles hotel that is common...
A Good Enough Mine
The silver mine was good enough in 1878 to birth Tombstone, Arizona. And it was good enough in 2007 when the mine opened for public tours, bringing...
Paul Andrew Hutton
The best thing about being a Distinguished Professor is the freedom one enjoys from the demands of others and the unfailing inspiration provided by...
Buckeye Blake
My favorite place in the West is northern Nevada. The Owyhee Range. It’s the distance. There’s nothing out there. At least, people say there’s...
America’s Favorite Bone Detective
Alferd Packer has been called “America’s Favorite Cannibal.” Students at the University of Colorado at Boulder memorialized him by naming their...
Fred Labour
The trick to doing live shows at the Grand Ole Opry is the same as anywhere: go in with guns blazing, communicate with the folks, keep it loose and...
Fred King
The most expensive boots ever were a pair we made out of American Alligator, sporting gold leaf inlays with diamonds and rubies and going for $45K....