Photographs: Schnebly Family Collection
A Woman by the Name of Sedona
When Amanda Miller looked down at her newborn daughter in 1877 and pronounced her to be named Sedona, she had no idea she had just coined an iconic word that would make marketers swoon, even into the…
Photograph by David Zickl
Down on the Farm
As a little girl, Ramona Button followed her father, Francisco, as he planted and harvested traditional crops on their family’s 10-acre allotment near Sacaton, on the Gila River Indian Community. The…
Photograph by David Wallace
Returning to Their Roots
Lilian Hill will never forget the first time she walked into a grocery store. She was 8 years old and had traveled from Second Mesa, on Hopi Tribe land, to visit her grandmother who lived in…
Photograph by Steven Meckler
The Mexican Food Capital of the World and Elsewhere
The best breakfast I have eaten in my seven decades occurred one morning in 1985 in a home kitchen in Oracle, a tiny town on the back side of the Santa Catalina Mountains from Tucson. An elfin…
Photograph by James Tallon
Walking Into Autumn
Here in Arizona, as “the swift seasons roll” to bring Autumn leaves tumbling round our ears, I am reminded anew of the poet who urged America to know herself. Where else has that ringing challenge,…
Photograph by Eirini Pajak
Creating a Buzz
Patrick Pynes and his partner, Sharon Lee Harris, live in a mountain oasis surrounded by natural beauty. Their 2.5-acre property northeast of Flagstaff offers a spectacular view of the San Francisco…
Photograph by Kathy Ritter
Scattered Leaves
Have you ever looked up one day and realized the season has changed, like the tick of a minute hand on the clock? It was the day when rain took on a slight scent of snow, when midday light didn’t…
Fall Color Guide Map
Fall Color Guide
Hikes 1 Arizona Trail (San Francisco Peaks Passage) DIFFICULTY: Easy ELEVATION: 8,928 to 9,000 feet LENGTH: 15 miles round-trip (to Forest Road 418) DIRECTIONS: From Flagstaff, go north on U.S.…