The Last Indian Battle
One of those post-Indian Wars gunfights, almost lost in history occurred in northern Arizona on November 11th, 1899, long after the Indian Wars had ended. For several years the band of Navajo Chief B’ugoettin had been fighting an undeclared war with local...
Wyoming at 125: Still Bucking
Those of us who are Wyoming-born residents relish the fact that we live in the least-populated state in the nation. As our former governor Mike Sullivan often said, we are a medium-sized city with really long streets. We have far more antelope, deer and elk than...
Does “cookie” refer to cook?
Does “cookie” refer to cook? Thuy An Carefree, Arizona Ramon F. Adams’s Western Words lists “cookie” as one of the names for a range cook. Cook in Spanish is cocinero, so he was sometimes called that or “coosie.” Another name included “Old Woman.” The cook was the...
The Biggest Buffalo Buff
Buffalo are still roaming the American West—even in Arizona. Outside the buffalo wildlife ranges in Raymond, east of Flagstaff, and House Rock, east of the North Kaibab, you can find an Arizona tribute to the “greatest icon that ever lived” in Navajo County. If Gary...
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