The Rescue of Mrs. Drain
The year was 1947 and the place was Starr Valley. Mrs. Drain had simply walked away from her home one July evening. She was a
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The Goswick Incident
My grandfather, Floyd Pyle, was a good friend of Giles Goswick. They were both government lion hunters in the early 1940s, and before, as I
The Exodus Trail
Yavapai-Apache Youth and Elders Retrace Their Exodus Along the Arizona Trail In 1875, nearly 1,500 Yavapai and Western Apache people were forcibly removed from the
Horse Tradin’
Near as I can remember, my uncle, Malcolm “Malc” Pyle took the job of livestock inspector for the Tonto Basin, which includes Payson, about the
Gila County Pioneer – David D. Gowan
Gowan was born in Kincardineshire, Scotland, in 1843, and he took to the seas at an early age. He sailed out of Scotland’s Bervie Harbor
Battle of Big Dry Wash
The 1882 Battle of Big Dry Wash was the last major engagement between the U. S. Army and the Apaches in the Arizona Territory. In
The History of the Oxbow Inn & Saloon
The Ox Bow Saloon has always played a prominent role in Payson’s history. Offering drinks and “entertainment.” the saloon’s legacy included rowdy street parties, and
The Story of Payson, Arizona – First Stores and Saloons
The Pieper Saloon building as it appears today at its original location. In the spring of 1886, a settler named Frank Alkire came through Payson
The Babe Haught Trail
The Babe Haught Trail, also known as Tonto National Forest Trail #143, snakes up the Mogollon Rim near the Tonto Fish Hatchery. While this trail
