Tonto Speaks For me, no more following that beat-up trail, eating Silver’s cloud of dust, trying to decipher what the L.R.’s saying. Hard enough to understand the white guy without his mask but when he’s muffled up, darn near impossible. Still I admit, it was a great ride while it lasted. We did some serious […]
Arts & Culture
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Santa Cruz County Fair
Attention All Artists in Santa Cruz County This year’s County Fair will include a special art contest to go along with the Fair’s theme, “Coming Together.” Each community in our county has its own special flavors, culture and occupations. The exhibit, titled “Portraits of Santa Cruz County,” will reflect the artist’s idea of our county […]
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Cousin Wild Bill: Second Cousin to a Legend
Growing up, I knew that I was related to Wild Bill Hickok, My maiden name was Hickok. I probably realized who he was when I saw the movie The Plainsman, an idealized film about Wild Bill, starring Gary Cooper. A relative researched and found that my grandfather was Wild Bill’s second cousin, which made my […]
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Little House on the Prairie
I lived in the city most of my life until June 23, 1987, when my husband, Dale and I moved from Phoenix to Sonoita. My son Joshua was 10 years old and Johnny was 3 months. For the first two weeks or so, Dale left me and the boys at the ranch while he went […]
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Book Review: The Spirit of Dogie Long, by J.P.S. Brown
The Spirit of Dogie Long by J.P.S. Brown Pub. by Make A Hand, LLC 2011, 214 pp. Local author J.P.S. Brown has published 14 books and won two lifetime achievement awards for his true-to-life novels of the Southwest. He has achieved an almost cult status among authors and fans for his gritty stories about cowboys […]