Staycations & Vacations
This past winter, when I finally made my way to Mystery Castle at 800 E. Mineral Road in Phoenix, Arizona, I was glad to hear I was not the only slacker among my friends in the tour group. “I am so happy to finally visit this landmark that I’ve been wanting to see for...
What’s in a Name
GENE AUTRY If not for his job as a telegrapher at the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, Gene Autry may not have become famous as the Singing Cowboy. By chance, he met Will Rogers in 1928, when he wired a newspaper column back East for the humorist. Autry often...
Finding Inspiration in the Clouds
His family had no air conditioning, so as a youngster, Ed Mell escaped the summer heat of Phoenix by visiting his grandfather at a cabin, built in 1931, near Prescott, Arizona. The property was a retreat. For most of the last two decades, a home Mell had built on...
Rodeo Dough
One of the most popular citizens in Beverly Hills during the 1920s was Western star Tom Mix. Once known as “El Rodeo de las Aguas,” Gathering of the Waters, by the Spanish explorers in the mid-1700s and later for its lima bean fields in the late 19th century, Beverly...
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