The son of Grayce Noteboom Arnold—legendary founder of Grayce’s Gift and Candle Shop in Patagonia—recounts highlights from Grayce’s remarkable life.
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Youth Re-enact Mormon Trek on the Cienega
Participants in the three day reenactment of the Mormon trek to Salt Lake City walk into the headquarters of the Empire Ranch February 24. Photo by Alison Bunting Over 190 youth from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Tucson South Stake) spent four days of their school break re-enacting a Mormon pioneer […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Food Rationing During Wartime
Local newspapers featured stories with recipes and advice—and poems— for coping with the restrictions and the rationing.
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Sonoita neighbors upset by deer hunters
Two Representatives from AZ Game and Fish met with more than 50 residents after complaints were raised about hunters seen taking a deer in the Sonoita Hills area.
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In Memory of Windmill
In 2011, a crisp color photo at the Sonoita post office announced that a blue tick coon hound named Windmill was looking for a forever home. She had been found in the Bradshaw mountains by some hikers who had come across her. She was frightened, dehydrated, and had been bit in the face by a rattlesnake.
Posted inOpinion
Advantages of a Ranch-Raised Kid
Liam’s age group are part of a vast and troubling reality—children raised without real contact with the natural world. How, I wonder, will they know what the horse says?
Posted inArts & Culture
Wonder Woman Reborn
Wonder Woman, with sword and shield, rode her horse triumphantly through the streets of Patagonia on the 4th of July this year.
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Monsoon Season
Starting in June the most popular subject of conversation around these parts is rain—when will it start, who got it, and how much. A review of local newspapers published 100 years ago provides evidence that not much has changed.
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Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
What Lucy was born to do was greet anyone she thought would be her friend. This was primarily carried out with a cadenced and enthusiastic bark and the wagging of a full-on tail. The library, Global Arts, the post office, High Noon Feed, Sonoita Hardware, the visitor center, Donna and Ron Reibslager—all were on her radar.
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SEFD Reports High Number of Fire Calls
“I’m glad it’s almost over,” SEFD Fire Chief Joseph DeWolf said about this year’s fire season.