Tombstone rests on Boothill
TOMBSTONE, Ariz. – George Johnson’s mouth landed him in Boothill. See where he’s buried in an interactive map.
Petrified Forest: Digging out of a rock and hard place
Off of a gravel service road, at the Petrified Forest National Park, rests a pile of shame and abandonment that cannot be found on any park map. The pile is the size of a pickup but is composed of rocks that are actually pieces of petrified wood, according to Ryan Thompson, an author who chronicled the…
Chiricahua’s wonderland of rocks could be Arizona’s next national park
A sea of green trees fill the valley, jagged pillars of rock pierce the crystal blue sky, and the sun reflects off tiny glass fragments embedded within the fossilized volcanic ash. Hidden away 34 miles southeast of Willcox is Chiricahua National Monument, a wonderland of balancing rocks that could become the nation’s next national park. Recently, members of the…
Adults with autism face the harsh reality of limited support services
In a quiet area in Hereford, Arizona, stands a ranch that is different from all others. The 10-acre Echoing Hope Ranch, built in 2009, has four houses, a chicken coop, a couple of alpacas, a garden with two greenhouses, two ponds with koi fish and catfish, a grassy space for goats to run, a bench and a tire swing….
Activists fight breastfeeding stigmas
In the heart of cowboy country, Renee Cooper has been on a mission for 22 years. Cooper, Cochise County’s director of the Women, Infants and Children Program and its breastfeeding coordinator, is determined to provide mothers with the support and education necessary to breastfeed. As lead for the Cochise County Breastfeeding Task Force (CCBF), she is…