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Exploring the Mazatzal Wilderness
The Mazatzal Wilderness contains over 252,500 acres of the Tonto and Coconino national forests. Established in 1940 and expanded to its...
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Discover Gila County is launching a new program called "#GOWILD
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Gila County Rodeo Reunion
Our expectations were high. We hoped the rodeo cowboys and cowgirls who participated in Payson’s Rodeos from the 1950s through the 1970s...
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Six Shooter Trail - Globe, Arizona
The Six Shooter Canyon Trail is challenging, beautiful, and has some fascinating history! Some historical accounts attribute the name...
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Bear Foot Trail - Pine, Arizona
Overview The Bear Foot Trail connects Highway 87 at 0.5 miles East of Strawberry to Pine Creek and the Pine Canyon Trail #26. The trail...
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The History of Rodeo in Gila County, Arizona
Organizers of the first Payson Rodeo were Abraham Henson Meadows; known later as “Arizona Charlie” Meadows (1860-1932), who moved to the...
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Discover the Salt River Canyon Wilderness in Gila County, AZ
The Upper Salt River runs through the Salt River Canyon Wilderness, often referred to as Arizona’s other Grand Canyon. While it lacks the...
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History of the Kearny Area
EARLY HISTORY OF THE DUDLEYVILLE, WINKELMAN, AND HAYDEN AREAS The histories of these areas are closely related, as the three communities...
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"Loose Some Sheeps" - The Joe Hurtado Story
When I was a kid, my Uncle Howard Childers, told me a story about a Mexican boy who lived in Payson during the 1920s. Although Joe...
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Nino - The Grandson of Cochise
On October 14, 1872, Chief Cochise of the Chiricahua Apaches and General Oliver O. Howard of the United States Army signed a peace...
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Doc Holiday & Friends - The Ultimate Ranch Dog
It was back in 1961 when someone, whose name I can no longer recall, gave us a big pup about four months old. I was a sophomore at Payson...
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Thinking Outside the Box
“You ranch-raised kids are just different.” I gave Angela a questioning glance. I had known her for all of her life. My dad, Gene Pyle,...
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Tonto National Monument - The Wild West
The Salado Phenomena, 700 years ago, blended ideas of neighboring Native American cultures to emerge a unique and vibrant society. Tonto...
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The Life of Rose Mofford - Gila County Historical Museum
Rosie Perica MOFFORD is the great and special lady who was born and grew up in Globe, Arizona. Years later when Rose became a household...
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Betting the Farm in Arizona Territory
What topic could bring one of every five citizens of Phoenix on a hot August night in 1900 to a meeting in the downtown Dorris Opera...
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Filley's Death - Wounds of the Wild West
The Latest News Received From Mount Reno - Story told Sept 11, 1894 by The Arizona Republic The Murder Occurred in Gila County and...
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The Houston Place
*A verbal account by Raymond M. Cline. When the Houston brothers first arrived in this area, they had been preceded by two previous...
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Mattie Ketchum - A Hero of the Pleasant Valley War
After Mart Blevins disappeared about August 1, 1887, while going to look for his horses, the war picked up steam. The Grahams wanted the...
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Bear Cub - Zane Grey
Several years ago my old bear-hunter guide, Babe Haught, wrote me from Arizona about a couple bear cubs that had been captured when their...
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Who Were the Colcord's?
Even if you are a newcomer, you’ve heard the name Colcord: Colcord Road, Colcord Estates, Colcord Mountain, etc. All of these places were...
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Teddy Sparks - Cowboy & Cat Skinner
Edward Thomas “Teddy” Sparks was the youngest child of David Carson Sparks (1877-1965) and Jessie Corine (Wilhoyt) Sparks (1883-1979),...
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