Photograph by Rebecca Wilks
State parks often protect cultural, historical and natural resources and provide education and recreation. But one of Arizona’s newest state parks — which honors the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who…
Photograph by Jeff Maltzman
Slide Rock State Park The day after a storm, low clouds shroud the cliffs of Oak Creek Canyon as Oak Creek flows over polished sandstone. Algae on the park’s namesake…
Photograph by Bill Hatcher
Tubac has lived as many lives as the proverbial cat: Historians count nine times the community has seemed to die, only to be resurrected. And the small Southern Arizona town was beginning its most…
Painting by Duane Koyawena
 In the May 1986 issue of this magazine, writer Lois Essary Jacka posited the following in an article titled Ancient Traditions, New Horizons: Today’s Native American artists are builders of bridges…
Photograph by Scott Baxter
Arizona’s story is inseparable from the story of horses. From the Spanish entrada, through the Mexican era, and into the period when Arizona became part of the United States, horses have played an…
Photograph by David Zickl
A love for rescue animals and beer is the inspiration behind Woof 66 Treats — and what brought co-founders and neighbors Nicole Jones and Amy Langord together. “[Amy] came outside with her pit bull…
Photograph by John Burcham
The glow of the stars begins to soften as the navy sky of dawn slowly spreads above the South Rim. Sleepy-eyed visitors emerge from their beds, clutching steaming cups of coffee and making their way…
Photograph by Paul Markow
Douglas Miles is busy. In the space of a few weeks, he’scrisscrossed the country to paint a mural in Cincinnati and flown to the University of Missouri for a screening of Apache Leap, which made its…