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Relates the experience of the author during his travel from Flagstaff to Phoenix using scenic route in Arizona. Popularity of Upper Lake Mary for picnicking and water sports; Disappearance in a stand of ponderosa pine trees at the edge of the Pine Grove Campground; Tips for traveling.

Highlights the experience of horseback riding in Arizona's Patagonia Mountains. History of the mountains and its dwellers; Trails for horses; Popularity among tourists; Package tours in the area.

Focuses on the author's excursion to Truxton Canyon, a birding spot in Arizona, with ornithologist Russ Balda. Types of birds that can be found in Truxton Canyon; Perfect day for birding; Most beautiful birds at the canyon.

Features the Blue River in Colorado and San Francisco River in between Arizona and New Mexico. Description of the natural habitat surrounding the rivers; Views of the author while crossing the river; Discussion of the incidents that happened while traveling around the river.

Focuses on Point of Pines, a high-country recreational area located on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in eastern Arizona. Information on Indian history and scenery offered to campers; Information on how to get to the area; Area's reputation as an archaeological trove once inhabited by Mogollon, Hohokam, Puebloan and Salado Indians before the Apaches arrived after 1450.

Presents suggestions to travelers who plan to visit North Timp Point at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Accommodations, gas station and visitor information center at Jacob Lake; Absence of accurate road maps; Route; Wildflowers on the road.

Features the Loop Road around Gobbler Peak in the White Mountains which provides a glimpse of local history in Arizona. Living conditions; Cattle population in ranches; Natural attractions; Native people living in Arizona.

Focuses on the history of the Anza National Historic Trail in California. Influence of Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza on the trail; Expeditions of de Anza; Spanish missions on the state.

Focuses on the town of Yuma as a wedding haven for Hollywood celebrities. Reason of the marriage of comedian Stan Laurel and fiancee Ida Kiraeva Raphael in Yuma; Type of weddings at Reverend Coleman's Famous Drive-In Chapel; List of celebrities married in Yuma.

Features the Ahakhav Tribal Preserve, a Native American reserve which is a part of the Colorado River Indian Reservation near Parker, Arizona. Landscape description; Tourist attractions and activities; Camping sites; Contact information for travelers.

Deals with the history of the law enforcement group known as the Arizona Rangers. Description of Arizona before the group was formed; Members and officers; Details on the arrest and execution of murderer Augustine Chacon in 1902.

Presents an article about a back road travel at Blue River in Colorado. Wolf encounter of Aldo Leopold in Blue River in the 1900s; Route to the Blue River; Features of the backroad travel at Blue River.

Relates the story of the duel between Joe Phy and J. Pete Gabriel at the Tunnel Saloon in Territorial Arizona in 1888.

Relates the experiences of a traveler while visiting Dragoon Mountains in Arizona. Details on the Chiricahua Apache Indian civilization; Information on an exhibit at the archeological research facility called Amerind Foundation Museum; Discussion on the history of Tucson, Arizona.

Deals with traveling and visiting Yuma, Arizona. Description of Yuma; Structures in the North End, a downtown in Yuma; History of Yuma; Tourist spots in Yuma.

Focuses on traveling the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, the home of the Tohono O'odham Indians. Area of the Indian reservation; Merchandise sold at Gu Achi Trading Post; Reasons behind the construction of the Gu Achi District Children's Shine; Style of O'odham houses.

Relates the story of the cliffside mansion in Redfield Canyon, Arizona owned by Hope Jones. Difficulties in locating the cliffside mansion; First owners of the cliff house; Life story of Jones; Reasons Jones purchased the cliffside house.

Presents an article on traveling in the Kentucky Camp, a mining outpost in Tucson, Arizona. Sceneries on the way to the camp; Background information on the camp; Problems with placer mining. INSET: TIPS FOR TRAVELERS.

Presents an article on Fort Bowie in Arizona. Why the United States Army built the fort; Crimes of Apache Indian warrior Cochise and his band against Mexican freighters in 1861; Details on the Bascom Affair, a war between the Apache Indians led by Cochise and the U.S. Army led by George Bascom. INSET: WHEN YOU GO (Tips for travelers to Fort Bowie).

Details a back-road travel from Winslow to Heber by way of Chevelon Canyon in Arizona. Description of the sceneries; Description of Winslow in different weathers; Information on the historic spot Mormon Crossing.

Presents a narrative of a camper about his family's summer vacation in Mogollon Rim, Arizona. Description of the place; Details on their visit to the fish hatchery in Tonto Creek; Information on their journey to Woods Canyon and Bear Canyon Lake.

Describes the back road that connects Joseph City, Arizona with the Navajo community of Dilkon. Features of the landscape; Description of the Black Rock; Legends of the lost gold.

Discusses the role of the Mexican Cry Mesa in the story of Navajo slaves in Arizona. Introduction of the Spanish slave raiding and trading in the region; How Navajos suffered more from the slave trade; Description of the mesa.

Provides information on the tourist destinations along the north-south road between Parker and Ehrenberg in Arizona. Information on the Colorado River Indian Reservation; Details on the Ahakhav Tribal Preserve; Travel information on the Mohave Desert.

Provides information on powwow, the seasonal American Indian affair. Description of a powwow at Fort McDowell in Phoenix, Arizona; Appeal of prize money in casino powwows; Origins of the Jingle Dress. INSET: When You Go.

Presents information on the Harquahala Peak in Arizona. Description of the place; Description of a trip to the Harquahala Peak Smithsonian Observatory; Details on the search of Charles Abbot for observatories in places with low humidity.

Describes a trek along the scenic Coronado Trail of Arizona. Starting out from the copper mining town of Clifton; Leveling out in the dense forests of the White Mountains; Heading east onto Forest Service Road; Rock art near Blue Crossing in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest; Crossing the Hulsey Lake; Arrival at the Hannagan Meadow.

Describes the Pinal Pioneer Parkway in Arizona. Desert scenery; History; Travel sights and destinations. INSET: Tips for travelers..

Focuses on the toy collection of Bernie Resnick, a resident of Tucson, Arizona. Focus on toys from Resnick's childhood; Description of the toys in Resnick's collection; Resnick's narration of how he purchases toys.

Describes Total Wreck town in Arizona. Town's history; Land area; Suitability for backcountry travelling; Location.

Describes the ghost town of Ruby in Tucson, Arizona. Dorothy Anderson Lindsey's memories of the town; Historical events which occurred in Ruby; Occupation of the towns folk in Ruby prior to its abandonment.

Focuses on Biosphere Two experiment in the desert near Oracle, Arizona. Biosphere 2 as re-creation of the Earth; Biosphere 2 as a large scale encapsulated world; Application of the agriculture and energy-related experiments of the University of Arizona's Environmental Research Laboratory in Biosphere 2; Recycling of resources in Biosphere 2; Experiences of biospherans. INSET: When you go..

Features Paradise, Arizona. History; Origin of name; Prominent settlers; Existing conditions; Important sites; Contacts.

Features the tourist attraction Robson's Arizona Mining World in Wickenburg, Arizona. Charles and Jeri Robson as founder; Transition of a ghost town mining camp to a historical museum; Charles Robson's partnership with mining tools collector Wilbur Johnson; Description of the place; Attractions.

Features bird watching at the Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona. Watching the elegant trogon, tropical bird in Arizona; Description of the trogon; Habitat; Behavior; Number of bird species in the area; Reasons for choosing the area as bird watching site.

Provides an account of the healing ability of Teresa Urrea known as Santa Teresa, the Saint of Cabora. Life in Sinaloa, Mexico; Miracles performed during her lifetime; Urrea as Mexico's Joan of Arc; Historical account of her life and use of healing abilities.

Features a ghost town in Yavapai County in Arizona. Home of Charlie Stanton; Claim of gold find in the area; History of Stanton; Lost Dutchman's Mining Association as owners of the Stanton townsite; Condition of the town; Directions to reach the place.

Features a guide on how to travel back-road to Skeleton Canyon, Arizona. Historic significance of the narrow dirt road to Skeleton Canyon; Origin of the name of canyon; Devil's Kitchen incident; Travelling guide.

Features Eric DeWitt and an account of his daily life as a cowboy in a ranch in Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. Preference for horseback travelling; Different kinds of cowboys; Daily tasks; Hound dogs for livestock; Inconveniences experienced.

Describes the bird sanctuary at the Holy Trinity Monastery in St. David, Arizona. Benedictine monk Reverend Louis Hasenfuss as founder; Noah as the patron saint of people who preserve wildlife; Monastery's founding in 1974; Location; Vegetation; Preservation of the area's ecology and its cultural resources; Birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians featured; Museum and gift shop.

Describes Valley of the Moon in Tucson, Arizona. Postal clerk George Phar Legler's transformation of his home; Opening in 1923; The Bunnyland theater; Dedication of the place to children's happiness; Tour arrangements; Legler's profile; Influence of writers Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and Lewis Carroll; Restoration with the help of volunteers; Reopening in 1973; Addition to the State Register of Historic Places in 1975; Contact information.

Describes the town of Eagle Creek in Arizona. Wild and wooly ranch country; Mail and animals defining the borders of life; Children wishing for a Wal-Mart or Circle Store; Residents still living without normal electricity and telephone service; Ranch run by generators; Telephone in the schoolhouse run by a car battery. INSET: Tips for travelers..

Highlights the Lutes Casino in Yuma, Arizona. Beer and hamburger joint; Repository for unusual objects; History of the Lutes Casino; Attitude towards the dominoes table.

Describes the carving of kachina dolls by Hopi artisans. Replicas of dancers; Representation of the spirit essences that govern religious life; Carved from the root of cottonwood tree; Thriving cottage industry; Categories of kachina dolls; Ceremonial seasons; Execution of carving; Quality.

Visits Happy Valley, a nearly unpopulated spot in an isolated canyon near Tucson, Arizona. Rincon Mountains; Ash Creek; Ash Canyon Ranch, a working cattle operation; Flora; Coronado National Forest; Saguaro National Monument; More. INSET: Tips for travelers (safety recommendations)..

Describes the rise and fall of several Arizona mining towns including Harshaw, Mowry and Lochiel. Tells about their heydays and their current ghost town conditions. Histories; Ore; Difficulties; Remaining structures. INSET: When you go..

Describes the disappearing ruins at Kinishba, or `brown house,' which was home to up to 1,000 Native Americans around 1300 A.D. Discovery by Adolph F. Bandelier in 1883; Systematic excavation by Byron Cummings of University of Arizona's Anthropology Department; National Park Service; Possible value of Kinishba; Dangers at the site.

Offers a look at Camp Rucker, a 100-year-old military supply post in Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains. Discusses the history of the camp and what it's like to visit it today. INSET: Tips for travelers..

Offers a look at Naveh Vineyards in Arizona, begun by Haifa native Zvi Naveh in 1985. Located in the Elgin-Sonoita area like several other new vineyards, Naveh is the only one to produce kosher wine. Naveh's background; Production; Kosher process.

Recounts the known history of Frederick Brunckow's adobe cabin built around 1857 in the Arizona desert south of Tombstone. Twenty-one people were killed at the place later called Brunckow Mine (or `Bronco Mine'), 17 of them before 1880. Longstanding rumors say the dead's spirits still haunt the cabin.