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.
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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?”...
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
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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...
Illustration of mounted cowboy looking over herd toward ranch house as storm clouds roll in. By Kim Johnson
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Ranch Thanksgiving

Nine times out of 10, Thanksgiving in Northern Arizona will come nosing ahead of a storm like an old lead cow going to water. A solid front of gray...
Fall color surrounds Wet Beaver Creek’s “The Crack,” a highlight of the Bell Trail. By Laurence Parent
Hiking

Bell Trail

There’s no definitive set of variables that define a perfect hike. It varies from person to person and place to place. In the arid Southwest, water...
Theodore Roosevelt Lake forms a backdrop for healthy saguaro cactuses along A-Cross Road. By Eric Heaton
Scenic Drives

A-Cross Road

For a reservoir that once was among the world’s largest, Theodore Roosevelt Lake doesn’t get a ton of attention — possibly because it’s been...
Upstairs hallway, painted red and showing the inside of a guest room and adjacent staircase at the Oliver House. By Steven Meckler
Lodging

The Oliver House

For most places, being the site of an unsolved murder has a deleterious effect on business. For the Oliver House in Bisbee, it’s just part of the lore — especially because the murdered guest might...
Mike Buchheit captured his own shadow on a cloud at the Grand Canyon.
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Mike Buchheit: This Is My Story

For the most part, I’m a self-taught photographer, and in that regard, there’s been no better place to learn by trial and error than the South Rim of...
Chelsea Thomas poses amid dozens of green plants at Plantae in Flagstaff. By John Burcham

Plantae

Chelsea Thomas calls Plantae her “COVID project.” As a professional backpacking guide, she found herself with a lot of free time when Grand Canyon National Park closed during the pandemic. That,...