Two women make their way through a snowstorm at night to a warmly lit cabin. Illustration by Kim Johnson
The Weather Outside Was Frightful
Holiday celebrations in Sedona are a tradition as old as the town itself. Shops and restaurants deck the halls, and Tlaquepaque glows from the light of 6,000 luminarias. Winter promotions encourage…
Photograph by Wayne Davis
Snow Is Glistening
Editor’s Note: In July 1948, Wayne Davis made his debut in Arizona Highways. In the decades since, we’ve published hundreds of his beautiful photographs. Although Mr. Davis wasn’t a full-time…
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Hataałii (The Medicine Man)
Wally Brown isn’t sure when he was born. Not exactly, anyway. But it happened after the last Enemy Way ceremony of the year. The ceremony, one of healing, is only proffered in the summer months, so…
A sudden spring storm looms over the sandstone formations of White Pocket, part of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument north of the Grand Canyon. By Suzanne Mathia
It's a Hard Rain
A young man points south toward the only cloud floating in a deep blue October sky. We are part of a group of six with reservations to hike through Upper Antelope Canyon, east of Page, Arizona. We…
Deborah Copenhaver Fellows looks off into the distance standing in tall grass with her horse a few steps away. By Joel Grimes
She Rides Good Horses
Deborah Copenhaver Fellows of Sonoita, Arizona, is a horsewoman from stock that knows the essence of fillies well, because it is in her blood. Daughter of world champion bronc rider and lifelong…
Herb crusted pork chops with sausage, apple, pecan and quinoa dressing, apple bourbon sauce and browned butter Brussels sprouts. By Rob Ballard
Gobble Up
Arizona has a long tradition of ranching. Even before statehood in 1912, cattle operations were a majorelement of the Territorial economy, and today, many ranching traditions remain — from cowboys…
Josiah Austin, owner of the Cienega Ranch in Southeastern Arizona, stands below one of the many check dams he and his employees have constructed on the ranch. In this instance, water retained by the dam has allowed Arizona ash trees and other vegetation to flourish above it.
Rain Check
Josiah Austin stands at the edge of a nameless rivulet on his ranch in the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains. He points south. “You see those?” he says. “They go on and on and on.” A closer look…
wo cowboys enjoy the view from the south ridge of Mount Baldy, the highest point in Eastern Arizona’s White Mountains. This photograph appeared on the cover of Arizona Highways’ June 1977 issue. WAYNE DAVIS
Our Western Spirit
Annika Cunningham moves the remuda through Schoolhouse Pasture at the X Diamond Ranch, near Greer. The remuda is the herd of horses from which ranch hands select their…