Deborah Copenhaver Fellows looks off into the distance standing in tall grass with her horse a few steps away. By Joel Grimes
She Rides Good Horses
Deborah Copenhaver Fellows of Sonoita, Arizona, is a horsewoman from stock that knows the essence of fillies well, because it is in her blood. Daughter of world champion bronc rider and lifelong…
Herb crusted pork chops with sausage, apple, pecan and quinoa dressing, apple bourbon sauce and browned butter Brussels sprouts. By Rob Ballard
Gobble Up
Arizona has a long tradition of ranching. Even before statehood in 1912, cattle operations were a majorelement of the Territorial economy, and today, many ranching traditions remain — from cowboys…
Josiah Austin, owner of the Cienega Ranch in Southeastern Arizona, stands below one of the many check dams he and his employees have constructed on the ranch. In this instance, water retained by the dam has allowed Arizona ash trees and other vegetation to flourish above it.
Rain Check
Josiah Austin stands at the edge of a nameless rivulet on his ranch in the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains. He points south. “You see those?” he says. “They go on and on and on.” A closer look…
wo cowboys enjoy the view from the south ridge of Mount Baldy, the highest point in Eastern Arizona’s White Mountains. This photograph appeared on the cover of Arizona Highways’ June 1977 issue. WAYNE DAVIS
Our Western Spirit
Annika Cunningham moves the remuda through Schoolhouse Pasture at the X Diamond Ranch, near Greer. The remuda is the herd of horses from which ranch hands select their…
Illustration of mounted cowboy looking over herd toward ranch house as storm clouds roll in. By Kim Johnson
Ranch Thanksgiving
Nine times out of 10, Thanksgiving in Northern Arizona will come nosing ahead of a storm like an old lead cow going to water. A solid front of gray will move across the prairie, driven by a northwest…
Mike Buchheit captured his own shadow on a cloud at the Grand Canyon.
Mike Buchheit: This Is My Story
For the most part, I’m a self-taught photographer, and in that regard, there’s been no better place to learn by trial and error than the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. I lived there for nearly three…
NASA astronaut Andre Douglas simulates a moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field, north of Flagstaff, in May of this year. Currently, Douglas is on the backup crew for Artemis II, a lunar flyby mission planned for September 2025. JOSH VALCARCEL/COURTESY OF NASA
Astronauts in Northern Arizona
Stepping off the surface of the moon for the last time in 1972, Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan said, “We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return: with peace and hope for all mankind…
A picturesque hillside cemetery is one of the highlights of Dos Cabezas, a Southeastern Arizona ghost town that’s still home to a few residents. By Eirini Pajak
Arizona Ghost Towns
Editor’s Note: In 1994, we published a book titled Arizona Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. It was written by Philip Varney, and it went on to become one of the best-selling books in our history — it’s…