A Mi Vieja Amiga
Arturo takes a hike to visit the grave of an old friend in a high mountain valley of the Borderlands. Music by Linda Ronstadt with permission.
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José María Sosa: A Spanish Soldier at Tucsón Presidio
Background: Presidio New & Old Editor’s Note. If you have an interest in Tucson’s early history, Hector Soza’s story is a special chapter about our early Presidio Period, a unique time and place in America’s legendary past. However, to appreciate this story’s full richness, it will help to have some … Continue reading
Plants of the San Pedro River and the Borderlands
Watch this inspiring video from 2014, describing over 50 desert plants that inhabit the region around the San Pedro River and the borderland hills. Mimi Kamp talks about edible and medicinal plants as well as Desert Tobacco and its use. Did you ever wonder what a live Devil’s Claw looks … Continue reading
Arthropods of Southern Arizona
In this video get to know your Southern Arizona Arthropods, aka bugs, with Mike Foster and Carl Olsen of the University of Arizona. Here he describes the critters which inhabit the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. Mike Foster, San Pedro River Videos, is an ardent supporter of the Friends … Continue reading
Cottonwoods: The Largest Trees in Arizona
Cottonwoods are the largest trees in Arizona. This video, explaining the cottonwood at length is part of an educational series, by the Friends of the San Pedro River. With the building of the border wall, the future of these trees is in question, as the river flows north. Learn more … Continue reading
Hiking Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge: BANWR
Recently, Jim, Ms. Rosemary and I (Ms. Karen) headed down to Arivaca to explore the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, and the Arivaca Creek Trail, also part of BANWR, where the ruins of the Wilbur-Cruce Ranch are. The Refuge comprises over 171,000 acres of grasslands, cottonwood wetlands, and sycamore canyons. … Continue reading
El Paso & Southwestern: Baja Arizona’s Forgotten Railroad: Part I
The Beginning (This contribution is from Mike Anderson, Bisbee Historian, who earlier wrote our stories about the Bisbee Influenza of 1918 and the Bisbee Deportation) This is part I of a three-part series. Evidence of the past is all around us in the southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico. … Continue reading
Saving The Rare Sonoran Pronghorn
Sonoran Pronghorn Recovery Project at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge by Rosemary Prawdzik The Northwestern region of the Sonoran Desert, near Ajo, AZ and northern Sonora, Mexico, is the only place in the world where wild populations of Sonoran Pronghorn exist. They have been brought back from the brink of … Continue reading
A Beautiful, Cruel Country: Life on the Wilbur-Cruce Ranch
A Beautiful, Cruel Country was published in 1987 when the author, Eva Wilbur-Cruce was in her 80’s. This is a story of her youth on a Southern Arizona ranch near Arivaca in the early 20th century. It is the story of a young girl, being educated by her father in … Continue reading
Hiking in the Arizona Heat
Arizona has special guidelines for hiking in the summer months. Number one, take and drink plenty of water. Number 2, take and drink plenty of water. Wear a hat. Hike early or late or head up to 7000 ft. elevation. Carr Canyon, Brown Mountain, Mt. Hopkins, Mt. Graham will all … Continue reading