Photograph of the Christmas Tree Inn, Santa Claus, Arizona.
Santa Claus, Arizona
On October 9, 1939, our editor sent a telegram to James Farley, the postmaster general, in Washington, D.C. The telegram read:  “Would appreciate your reestablishing post office at Christmas,…
A raven and a fresh coat of snow adorn Wupatki Pueblo, the centerpiece of Wupatki National Monument. The pueblo is accessible via a short walk from the monument’s visitors center. By Elias Butler
This Old Housing Complex
Just below Wupatki Pueblo, a low stone wall encloses a sunken, oval-shaped basin. Excavated and reconstructed in 1965 by the National Park Service, this is Wupatki’s ball court, a site where the…
Black and white illustration by Ross Santee of lone horseback rider heading toward a distant ranch in a snowy, desolate landscape.
Storm Over Uinkaret
Editor’s Note: This story was first published by the Arizona Writers Project, a program of the New Deal-era Works Progress Administration. It was reprinted in the December 1940 issue of Arizona…
Heavy snow lines a forest road north of the Flagstaff area’s Lake Mary Road. By Tom Bean
Cold Pursuit
A placid pond at Lockett Meadow, in the San Francisco Peaks, mirrors snow-covered evergreens and a few lingering hints of fall color. At press time, the road to Lockett…
Two women make their way through a snowstorm at night to a warmly lit cabin. Illustration by Kim Johnson
The Weather Outside Was Frightful
Holiday celebrations in Sedona are a tradition as old as the town itself. Shops and restaurants deck the halls, and Tlaquepaque glows from the light of 6,000 luminarias. Winter promotions encourage…
Photograph by Wayne Davis
Snow Is Glistening
Editor’s Note: In July 1948, Wayne Davis made his debut in Arizona Highways. In the decades since, we’ve published hundreds of his beautiful photographs. Although Mr. Davis wasn’t a full-time…
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Hataałii (The Medicine Man)
Wally Brown isn’t sure when he was born. Not exactly, anyway. But it happened after the last Enemy Way ceremony of the year. The ceremony, one of healing, is only proffered in the summer months, so…
A sudden spring storm looms over the sandstone formations of White Pocket, part of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument north of the Grand Canyon. By Suzanne Mathia
It's a Hard Rain
A young man points south toward the only cloud floating in a deep blue October sky. We are part of a group of six with reservations to hike through Upper Antelope Canyon, east of Page, Arizona. We…