A brown horse with a white blaze runs in the foreground, kicking up dust, while other horses are blurred in the background.

The Last of the Wild West

When Allen and Cynthia True bought the White Stallion Ranch in 1965, it was a secluded property nestled against the…
Casey Murph (left) and Jones Benally go riding on the HRY Ranch, west of Holbrook. | Scott Baxter
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Cowboys and Indians

EDITOR’S NOTE: For this month’s portfolio, we’ve combined the work of two of our most talented photographers: Scott…
Gil (left) and Troy Gillenwater search for a suitable campsite near the Sierra Ancha during their 1982 trek across Arizona. With them are Judy (left) and Grandma, their pack mules for most of the 810-mile journey. By Gil and Troy Gillenwater
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The Path of Most Resistance

“We wanted to stay away from towns and cities and to trace the paths of Ancestral Puebloans and pioneers and…
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson made news around the world when she reappeared after her purported 1926 kidnapping — but nowhere more so than in Douglas, where her re-emergence set off a media frenzy. | LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KEITH WHITNEY
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On The Third Day She Rose Again

A few hours before a summer dawn, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson walked out of the Chihuahuan Desert and came back…
Much of Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin’s photography documented the rapid growth of the Phoenix area in the mid-20th century. This photo shows downtown Phoenix’s Central Avenue, looking north toward North Mountain. By Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin
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Two Can Play at This Game

A‌bercrombie and Fitch, Sears and Roebuck, Mork and Mindy, Ben and Jerry, Simon and Garfunkel … some names are better…
The clear water of Oak Creek tumbles over a small waterfall in the Slide Rock area of Oak Creek Canyon, near Sedona. At the time this photo was made, the Slide Rock area had not yet become an Arizona state park; it received that designation in 1987. By Josef Muench
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Remembering Arizona

Editor’s Note: The celebration of our centennial continues with another wonderful piece from another wonderful writer.…
John Burcham captured this dramatic photo of a rock climber nearing the overhang at the top of rocky outcrop.
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This Is My Story … By John Burcham

I’ve been a rock climber just about as long as I’ve been a photographer, and both pursuits have taken up most of my…
Photograph of Lewis Nash playing the drums by Thomas Ingersoll
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Lewis Nash

To call Lewis Nash a natural-born drummer isn’t to ignore the decades this Phoenix native has dedicated to his music.…