Welcome to Fort Huachuca and Sierra Vista

CONTENTS

Welcome to Fort Huachuca and Sierra Vista Text by Sam Negri Photographs by Edward McCain A Roll Call of Arizona Cartoonists Text by Vicky Hay Photographs by J. Peter Mortimer For a state of modest population, Arizona has produced or nurtured a remarkable number of prominent practitioners of a special and demanding profession.

Art of the AncientsRevived Text by Louise DeWald Photographs by Jerry Jacka Using the same materials as their predecessors of long ago, two scholarly potters produce faultless replicas of vessels from antiquity.

Fourteenth in a Series: The Bullwhackers by Bill Ahrendt Before the railroad, freight bound for the interior of Arizona Territory was hauled from Colorado River ports by rugged teamsters driving large oxor muledrawn wagons.

The Bed-and-Breakfast Alternative Text by Dianne-Jo Moore Photographs by Richard Maack With a little research and a reservation, you can spend the quiet moments of your Arizona vacation in a Territorialstyle house or the mansion of a wealthy mining executive.

Battle of Big Dry Wash by James E. Cook An attempted ambush of the U.S. Cavalry by an Apache war party under Na-ti-o-tish resulted in a fierce engagement above the Mogollon Rim.

DEPARTMENTS

EDITOR'S PAGE

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LETTERS

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ARIZONA

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BOOKSHELF

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(FRONT COVER) Difficult to distinguish from the original if it were not for intentionally built-in clues, this Hohokam Rincon red-on-brown pot is actually a replica created by Laurel and Paul Thornburg. See "Art of the Ancients," beginning on page 20. JERRY JACKA (OPPOSITE PAGE) Fort Huachuca's colorful B Troop, a volunteer unit commemorating a famous 4th Cavalry troop active in the last Apache campaign, participates in post retreats, community parades, and other public performances. Our report on Fort Huachuca and its neighbor, Sierra Vista, begins on page 4. EDWARD MCCAIN