Ft. McDowell Patrol Report, May 9th, 1870
Ft. McDowell Patrol Reports Edited by Bob Mason This is one in a series of rare patrol reports written by the officer in charge immediately after the return to McDowell. They offer a first hand look at a soldier’s life there in the 1860s. The exact grammar and punctuation are reproduced. Parenthetical notations have been made by the editor for clarity, except for numerals, which were included by the officer writing the report....
Betty Blake’s “Mac The Pack” Has Write Stuff
This article by Betty Blake was originally published in the September 2006 issue of A Peek at the Peak magazine. It was published because judges selected it as the winner of The Peak’s 2006 Write Stuff contest. Of the five judges, I was the only one who knew that as an American Betty Blake had the “right stuff.” I have not seen her in several years and I just learned from Wikipedia that...
An Interview with Betty Blake
An Interview with Betty Blake From A Peek at the Peak, January 2006 issue Prologue North Scottsdale resident Betty Blake served in the military as a pilot from October 1942 through December 1944. As one of the first female military pilots, she helped breakdown cultural barriers within the military and pave the way for the many female pilots who serve our country today. The interview below is from Since You Asked, Arizona Veterans...
Four Ole Cowpokes Looking for Shelter
By J. Douglas Hinds Four of us were headin’ east The sky overcast and gray There was Jack, Bill, Dave and me Out looking for some strays Sure enough those clouds got mean And it didn’t take us long The rain was easily felt and seen So we put our slickers on But the rain was easy ridin’ As we rode along the trail Until that bolt of lightnin’ When the rain gave way to hail Those horses froze...
Scottsdale’s Don Pablo and the House of Relics
Based on the December 1997 A Peek at the Peak Article, “The Saga of the Last of the Mountain Men” by Don Schoenau Edited by Les Conklin Imagine a vast expanse of remote desert in Maricopa County separating the small farming town (Scottsdale) and the tiny village of (Cave Creek). Imagine present day Scottsdale Road and Pinnacle Peak Road as dirt tracks cutting through a saguaro-studded landscape populated by many more cattle and...
Mid-Air B-24 Crash: Part 3. Poscript
Mid-Air B-24 Crash This article has been published in three parts. This is the last part. Editor Mid-Air B-24 Crash: Part 1. 1944 Collision Seen by Local Ranchers Mid-Air B-24 Crash: Part 2. Search for Crash Site Part 3. Postscript By Bob Mason The story of this search was written and published in the Fountain Hills newspaper in May of 2001. A week later, a local businessman who belonged to a World War II Bomber Group...
Arizona Cowboy: How the Grand Canyon was Formed
Prologue Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Horses and Cows, Come on in and grab a seat by the campfire. It’s a stressful world out there filled with traffic, pollution, and concerns about everything the human mind can imagine. So take a few minutes and relax, smell the smoke, ride the range, and enjoy the work (or more accurately “the play”) of cowboy poet J. Douglas Hinds. Arizona Cowboy is the name of this column, and every...
Mid-Air B-24 Crash: Part 2. Search for Crash Site
Mid-Air B-24 Crash This article has been published in three parts. Editor Mid-Air B-24 Crash: Part 1. 1944 Collision Seen by Local Ranchers Mid-Air B-24 Crash: Part 2. Search for Crash Site -Air B-24 Crash: Part 3. Postscript  Part Two: Search for Crash Site By Bob Mason Several pieces of twisted aluminum pieces from an aircraft were found east of the Verde River in the Goldfield Ranch development. The...
Just Talkin’ To My Horse
By J. Douglas Hinds Dagnabbit you onery horse You miserable bag of bones I’ll sharpen my spurs, dig in my heels You ugly strawberry roan Now straighten up and quiet down We got an eighteen mile ride Behave yourself and settle down Or I’m gonna tan your hide I rode plenty of broncs in my lifetime But narry a strawberry roan Don’t matter none, I’ll hang on tight Cause I ain’t...
The Best of Don Schoenau: An Afternoon with Doc Cavalliere
From A Peek at the Peak, March, 1998 Issue An Afternoon with Doc Cavalliere by Don Schoenau My parents first came to Scottsdale in 1908 from California. My uncle was already settled in the valley, coming here in the late 1890’s. What brought us here? Arizona was starting to boom and my father worked for the U.S. Reclamation Service, which was digging the Arizona Canal. He was a welder by trade and repaired the machinery...
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