Different people at different times see what they see in the stars. But, underneath it is the common thread, the human drive to imagine, to understand, to keep trying to make connections even if those connections have already been in place for billions of years.
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Don’t Fence Me In
Abandoned mines are part of the West’s history. Exploring them is getting harder.
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Irvin, Volney and Mark Douglas
This is the story of Irvin Douglas and his descendants, who have lived in the Sonoita/Elgin area for more than 116 years.
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Sky Island Conifers, Part 1
Cone-bearing trees are evergreen, not only enlivening drab January but also furnishing crucial habitat for a plethora of wildlife species.
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Ask an Engineer: Tin Can Ribbing
Reader’s question: “Why are some food containers ribbed and others are not?” Thank you for this question. My first job as an engineer was for Continental Can Co. during the summer of my junior year in college. My project was to speed up beer can production from nine cans/second to ten cans/second. This was when […]
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Quail Season Is Vintage Shotgun Season
On any given day during quail season it’s not uncommon to witness a shotgun aficionado version of ‘show and tell’ in the parking lot across from the Stage Stop Inn.
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Cooking for Cowhand Appetites Included Midday Dumplings
After her husband passed unexpectedly in 1956, Mary Grantham Boice oversaw operations at Empire Ranch—unusual for a woman in that day and age. Here’s two of her signature recipes.
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Mercurial Nature
What do various species of wildlife do to keep their body temperatures at optimal levels when the mercury plummets?
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Glimpses Into Our Past: The Elgin Cemetery
Here’s a census of those likely buried at the Elgin Cemetery, which was most likely established in 1912.