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Dec01

Pinnacle Peak “Back in the Day”

Posted on Dec 1, 2021 | 4 comments

Introduction Almost 20 years ago, during the summer of 1997, long-time Pinnacle Peak resident George Seitts wrote a letter to A Peek at the Peak’s elditor Eileen Rendahl. The letter was published in the August 1997 edition with the title “Memories from George Seitts.” In this article, the Seitts’ letter is combined with photographs from my book Images of America – Pinnacle Peak, which was published by...

Nov30

Sneak Peek: Happy Holidays! We have 169 reasons to THANK YOU!

Posted on Nov 30, 2021 | 0 comments

December 2021 Courtesy Friends of the Scenic Drive – Greater Pinnacle Peak Association On behalf of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA) Board of Directors, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR! We have 159 reasons to thank you and the community. Expecting a lengthy article describing the 159 reasons? That’s not what you’re going to encounter. 59 Reasons For the 59 years of its existence, volunteers, local and...

Nov08

Arizona Pride helped the Scenic Drive. You can too.

Posted on Nov 8, 2021 | 0 comments

September 25, 2021 Arizona Pride helped the Scenic Drive. You can too. By Les Conklin In 2003 Friends of the Scenic Drive was one of only three organizations to receive the prestigious statewide Community Leadership Governor’s Pride in Arizona Award. Friends was honored for building community pride in the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive by creating and maintaining plant exhibits on North Scottsdale Road, preservation and enhancement of...

Nov04

Scottsdale Celebrates Preserve Trail, Trailhead and Pioneers

Posted on Nov 4, 2021 | 0 comments

November 3, 2021 Scottsdale Celebrates Preserve Trailhead, Trail and Pioneers By Les Conklin They have been years in the making and decades in the dreaming but now is the time to celebrate two realities. Realities that resulted from the efforts of Scottsdale residents. The first of these realities is the Camino Campana Interpretive Trail. The second is the Pima Dynamite Trailhead. Pima Dynamite Trailhead Dedication On Saturday,...

Oct28

A Fleeting Downpour of Honor by Les Conklin

Posted on Oct 28, 2021 | 2 comments

A Fleeting Downpour of Honor By Les Conklin In the spring of 1863, the soldiers in the 27th Maine Volunteers Infantry Regiment, with their nine-month long enlistments expiring, must have been looking forward to returning to their friends and families in York County, Maine. They had endured a severe winter doing picket duty along a stretch of railroad near Mount Vernon. Several men had died from weather-related causes. Late in March,...