For millions of years, the spring-fed waters of Christopher Creek have been forming the Box Canyon. Creak waters spill from the base of...

David Douglas Gowan, familiarly known as Uncle Davy, of Payson, Arizona, the discoverer of what is known as the Goodfellow Natural...

The Mazatzal Wilderness contains over 252,500 acres of the Tonto and Coconino national forests. ​ Established in 1940 and expanded to its...

The last real Indian raid in Arizona occurred July 17, 1882. This was started by a band of renegade White Mountain Indians ambushing a...

Our expectations were high. We hoped the rodeo cowboys and cowgirls who participated in Payson’s Rodeos from the 1950s through the 1970s...

The Six Shooter Canyon Trail is challenging, beautiful, and has some fascinating history! Some historical accounts attribute the name...

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...

Organizers of the first Payson Rodeo were Abraham Henson Meadows; known later as “Arizona Charlie” Meadows (1860-1932), who moved to the...

The Upper Salt River runs through the Salt River Canyon Wilderness, often referred to as Arizona’s other Grand Canyon. While it lacks the...

EARLY HISTORY OF THE DUDLEYVILLE, WINKELMAN, AND HAYDEN AREAS The histories of these areas are closely related, as the three communities...