Desert Les At Large: Drone Captures Spectacular Horse Swirl
July 6, 2019 Howdie Pardner, Yup. It’s good to see you again. Desert Les is back. Not because them Peak readers demanded it but because the fool editor told Desert Les to fill this here white space with some interestin’ doings. Well, this mornin’ Desert Les’ wife, Judy, showed him the video below and got old Les all riled up to learn more about this festival and then ride off to Mongolia, China. Sure we have lots of...
A Peek at the Peak: 1995 Photographs of Rio Fire
June 30, 2017 On July 7, 1995, a lightning strike, east of Scottsdale Road and north of Dynamite Boulevard, ignited what rapidly became the largest wildfire ever experienced in the Phoenix Metropolitan area. Strong, gusty winds drove the fire towards the southeast and when it was over more than 23,000 acres had been burned, including 14,000 acres in McDowell Mountain Regional Park. A Peek at the Peak magazine published the pictures...
Peak Photos: 12 Great Critter Covers
May 30, 2019 It took a team. I think I heard the word “critter” for the first time when I was nine years old. A parent would drop my friends and I off at the movie theater in Westwood, New Jersey. On Sunday, there was a matinee showing of two feature movies, at least one of which was usually a Western. “Critter” was a favorite word those film cowboys used out there in the distant Wild West. We did not have...
You Won’t Find It Online – 1890s Mother’s Day Gift
May 10, 2019 Contributed by Les Conklin Poem by Mrs. Mattie E. Gammons Preface Looking for something really special for Mom? I just searched online for gift ideas and found a pendant necklace, leather cord keeper, a personalized cuff bracelet, Costa Farms Live Fiddle-Leaf Fig, a Fitbit and a Kindle Paperwhite and many more. All nice but not as special as the gift I’m suggesting. I’m not sure that my grandchildren will relate to...
The Peak Helps Reunite Divided Civil War Battle Memoir
April 22, 2019 Do you have complaints about today’s healthcare? Read this Civil War memoir. To save Searles Young’s life, stretcher bearers carried him through the streets of Washington in an iron four-poster bed. And that’s just part of the story. Our sincere thanks to The Peak reader in Vermont and the Foster R.I. Preservation Society. Because of their help, we can share this long-missing part of...
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