Butterfield Stage: Estrella Rd. to Gap Well
What is now known as the Butterfield Stage Trail was in use at least as early as Juan Bautista de Anza’s expedition from Culiacan to […]
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Butterfield Stage: Xmas Camp-Estrella Rd.
The Butterfield Stage was only in operation from 1858-1861, but the Southern Emigrant Trail across the desert Southwest was in use from Juan Bautista de Anza […]
Sunnyslope Murder Tour: Index
These are the homicides that have occured since I moved to Sunnyslope in September, 2008. Or, in the case of Sunnyslope serial killing “Zombie Hunter” Bryan […]
Butterfield Stage: Enid to Xmas Camp
Any given Old West trail, rather than being a singular track — like, say, Interstate 40 — was a web of routes heading in the […]
GAP Trail: Cumberland to Frostburg
The Great Allegheny Passage, aka the GAP Trail, is a 150-mile rail trail that travels from the end of the C&O Canal in Cumberland, Maryland, […]
Black Mountain
Arizona has at least six Black Mountains, including two in Pima County. Today’s Black Mountain is in Cave Creek. (Technically, the summit is in Carefree, […]
Ludden Mountain
Ludden Mountain is a free-standing, double-peaked, formation in far northwest Phoenix. Part of the Deem Hills, Ludden Mountain was named for area rancher Homer Charles […]
Sunnyslope Murder Tour #3
Before we look at some older Sunnyslope homicides, we had five — that I am aware of — in 2024: Feb. 19: Tiana Hodges shot […]
Reach 11 Recreation Area
Reach 11 Recreation Area is located in north Phoenix. From Cave Creek Rd., Reach 11 stretches seven miles east to Scottsdale Rd., and a less than a […]
Paw Paw Tunnel
Eighteen months ago I hiked the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath from Bonds Landing to Paw Paw Campground. But Paw Paw Tunnel was closed due […]