Bev Pettit | Williams
“The west was won by its pioneers, settlers, adventurers is long gone now. Yet it is theirs forever, for they left tracks in history that will never be eroded by wind or rain – never plowed under by tractors, never buried in compost of events. Out of the hard simplicity of their lives, out of their vitality, of their hopes and sorrows grew legends of courage and pride to inspire their children and their children’s children. From soil enriched by their blood, out of their fever to explore and be, came lakes where once there were burning deserts – came the goods of the earth; mine and wheat fields, orchards and great lumber mills. All the sinews of a growing country. Out of their rude settlements, their trading posts came cities to rank among the great ones of the world. All the heritage of a people free to dream, free to act, free to mold their own destiny.” — How the West Was Won, 1962
Our theme this week? The wild west. Thanks to everyone who shared their photos on our Facebook page. If you like, please spread the word on Twitter, Facebook and any other social media vehicle you can think of.
Enjoy!
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- Mary Mendenhall Bennett | Goldfield ghost town, Apache Junction
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- Michael Thompson | Gold King Mine, Jerome
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- Patty Urlaub | Wickenburg
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- Eric Evans | Tombstone
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- Sarah Dolliver | Grand Canyon
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- Kriss Mansfield-Dukes | Goldfield Ghost Town
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- Bob Miller | Tombstone
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- Al Lowe | Mesa
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- Kriss Mansfield-Dukes | Ghostfield Ghost Town
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- Tim Van Den Berg | Gold Dust Town
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- Chris Couture | Lower Salt River
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- Tim Van Den Berg | Gleason
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- Eric Evans | Tombstone
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- Sarah Hales | Cave Creek
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- Lisa Holloway | Vulture City Mine
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- Scott Faux | PHX
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- Illyana Gonzalez | Amado
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- Sarah Hales | Cave Creek
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- Scott Faux | PHX
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- Tom Corey | Monument Valley
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- Dane Hewitt | Near Wickenburg
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- Jag Fergus | Whiskey Row, Prescott
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- Amy Brooks Horn | Babbitt Ranch Roundup
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- Patty Urlaub | Morristown
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- Rick Benning | Globe
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- Don Lawrence | Monument Valley
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- Valerie Millett | Monument Valley
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- Wendy Dunham | MC Ranch in Tombstone
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- Bev Pettit | Williams
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- Catherine McCracken Koon | Prescott
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- Bobbi Jane Tucker | Empire Ranch Headquarters, Sonoita
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- Chris Couture | South Fork
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- Ryan Seek | Mt. Lemmon Road
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- Jag Fergus | Williams
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- Michael Kenan | Wickenburg
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- Bev Pettit | Williams
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- Bob Miller | Ghostfield Ghost Town
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- Mitch Feltch | Goldfield ghost town, Apache Junction
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- Michael Kenan | Sahuaro Ranch Park, Glendale
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- Lisa Holloway | Vulture City Mine
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- Jack Challem | Marana
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Thanks for using both my photographs! I really appreciate it!
Thank you very much for choosing my photo from Sharlot Hall. It’s an honor!
wow I had forgotten about arizona highways, my grandmother used to live there and always would give us a gift subscription and renew it for us every year for like 20 years. the pictures were breathtaking. once she died they stopped. I have visited there several times, as a teenager, but now I don’t visit much of anywhere that is furthur then a days drive.