Postcard: Susan Arreola Postcard Collection, Arizona Room, Phoenix Public Library
Greetings From Phoenix
From an East Camelback Road Airbnb, I drive to Van Buren Street in Phoenix to see Douglas Towne, a writer and preservationist with the Society for Commercial Archeology. Before freeways, Van Buren…
Photograph by Claire Curran
We've Been Down This Road Before
Laurence Parent A thunderstorm forms near Big Lake, one of the largest reservoirs in the White Mountains, at sunset. A popular boating and fishing destination, Big Lake…
Photo: ARIZONA STATE LIBRARY, ARCHIVES AND PUBLIC RECORDS
A Long Strange Trip
Upon haphazardly throwing a bedroll, thermos, shovel and revolver into a Chrysler roadster named Betsy, author Hoffman Birney set off on an early iteration of the great American road trip in 1928.…
Photograph by Joel Hazelton
Making A Beeline
The southernmost miles of the Beeline Highway are uninspiring. A miasma of power lines intersect overhead. An active mining operation hacks into the crumbling banks of the adjacent Salt River. Ragged…
Photograph by Jack Jordan
Q&A: Jack Jordan
JK: What is Camp Courage, and how did you get involved? JJ: Camp Courage is the Arizona Burn Foundation’s annual camp in the Prescott area for children and teenagers who are burn survivors. The camp…
Photograph by John Burcham
Jim's Trading Post
Jim Andrus (pictured) has a lot of stuff. So much that it fills cabinets and rooms, display cases and counters, closet shelves and several drawers, a sprawling front yard and a porch, too. Stacks of…
A book cover for Brennen Matthews' "Miles to Go" shows a family looking out over a stretch of highways.
Q&A: Brennen Matthews
Brennen Matthews, the editor of ROUTE magazine, is originally from Kenya and has lived in and traveled to dozens of spectacular destinations around the world. For him, there’s one special place that…
Photograph by Jerry Jacka
Canyon de Chelly 1976-1981
Man first came to Canyon de Chelly and its tributary, Canyon del Muerto, thousands of years ago. Within this sandstone sanctuary, he found shelter, water and fertile soil in which to grow his corn.…