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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- Michael Thompson | Gold King Mine, Jerome
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- Bobbi Jane Tucker | Empire Ranch Headquarters, Sonoita
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- Lisa Holloway | Vulture City Mine
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- Al Lowe | Mesa
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- Dane Hewitt | Near Wickenburg
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- Sarah Hales | Cave Creek
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- Ryan Seek | Mt. Lemmon Road
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- Scott Faux | PHX
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- Tim Van Den Berg | Gleason
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- Chris Couture | Lower Salt River
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- Kriss Mansfield-Dukes | Goldfield Ghost Town
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- Lisa Holloway | Vulture City Mine
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- Sarah Dolliver | Grand Canyon
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- Michael Kenan | Sahuaro Ranch Park, Glendale
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- Tom Corey | Monument Valley
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- Tim Van Den Berg | Gold Dust Town
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- Jag Fergus | Williams
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- Michael Kenan | Wickenburg
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- Wendy Dunham | MC Ranch in Tombstone
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- Don Lawrence | Monument Valley
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- Mary Mendenhall Bennett | Goldfield ghost town, Apache Junction
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- Catherine McCracken Koon | Prescott
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- Bev Pettit | Williams
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- Patty Urlaub | Wickenburg
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- Kriss Mansfield-Dukes | Ghostfield Ghost Town
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- Rick Benning | Globe
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- Bob Miller | Tombstone
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- Eric Evans | Tombstone
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- Sarah Hales | Cave Creek
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- Scott Faux | PHX
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- Bob Miller | Ghostfield Ghost Town
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- Valerie Millett | Monument Valley
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- Mitch Feltch | Goldfield ghost town, Apache Junction
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- Bev Pettit | Williams
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- Jag Fergus | Whiskey Row, Prescott
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- Jack Challem | Marana
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- Illyana Gonzalez | Amado
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- Eric Evans | Tombstone
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- Patty Urlaub | Morristown
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- Chris Couture | South Fork
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- Amy Brooks Horn | Babbitt Ranch Roundup
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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.