Near as I can remember, my uncle, Malcolm “Malc” Pyle took the job of livestock inspector for the Tonto Basin, which includes Payson, abo...

Yavapai-Apache Youth and Elders Retrace Their Exodus Along the Arizona Trail In 1875, nearly 1,500 Yavapai and Western Apache people were...

My grandfather, Floyd Pyle, was a good friend of Giles Goswick. They were both government lion hunters in the early 1940s, and before, as...

As the first breezes of fall bring light rain to Payson, I know that they have been working longer and with more intensity on top of the ...

The year was 1947 and the place was Starr Valley. Mrs. Drain had simply walked away from her home one July evening. She was a victim of d...

*Photos by HikeAZ.com There is something special about being out in the wilderness that can help one's stress seem to just wash away. Whe...

Early Zane Grey History written by: Marian Kester Coombs Zane Grey, the greatest storyteller of the American West, was born in Zanesville...

*Story told by Jinx Pyle, Pictured Above This is part three of the Charlie Meadows story, which follows the Apache battle at the Diamond ...

*story by Jinx Pyle, late Town of Payson Historian Last week, we left the Meadows family at their Diamond Valley Ranch where they had jus...

Nothing beats fishing in Gila County. Early mornings or late nights, being surrounded in the great outdoors and reeling in fish in a fish...