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Father Gino, Continued on page 35

By Teresa Propeck

The American railroad is the stuff of legend and folklore,

inspiring poems, novels, fi lm and song. On Saturday, August 31,

Verde Canyon Railroad’s Rhythm on the Rails serves passengers

a special blend of trains and tunes with this onboard concert

in the Canyon. The brilliant scenery serenaded by the

clickety-clack of steel wheels along the rails is an American

lullaby. This summer’s musical line-up will equal the thrills

of the Canyon’s rare riparian wilderness for an audio-visual

sensation hard to fi nd elsewhere.

As the train covers a wide range of scenic highlights, seven

musical acts cover a wide range of genres from jazz to blues,

rock to country, spoken word to instrumental. The passenger

cars each provide an intimate concert venue as the acts travel the

length of the train, performing a set of songs in each coach.

Rhythym on the Rails, Continued on page 38

Concerts in the Canyon

Building the Apache Spirit

By Jenn Walker

The fi rst time I met Father Gino Piccoli, he was

shuffl ing around barefoot inside St. Francis Church

on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, a bandana

wrapped around his forehead and tools on the fl oor.

He had been working on the interior of the church

throughout the afternoon. I had heard Piccoli had

done great things with the church, and was there to

see for myself.

It was the fi rst and last time I saw

him. Months later I learned that

Piccoli passed away in April on

his way to the hospital, after 16

years spent serving as the

church friar. He was 72.

Geronimo, Continued on page 36

By Linda Gross

He was called the “greatest warrior” and

the “worst Indian who ever lived.” He brought

hope to his people and terror to his enemies.

And he survived the most bloody of confl icts in

the settling of the Arizona Territories of the late

1800s – to tell his story “in his own words”.

When he surrendered in 1886 to General

Miles, he and his band of 16 warriors were

the last Apaches to do so, bringing a close

to the Apache Wars which stretched for

nearly ten bloody years throughout the

Arizona Territory and parts of Mexico.

“Once I moved like the wind,” he told General Miles. “Now I surrender to

you and that is all.”

Yet, unlike so many of the conquered, Geronimo’s voice was not silenced

with his surrender. Although it would be twenty years before he got to

tell his story, a book would be published in 1906 “in his own words.” It was

not without a good deal of controversy and a string of objections from the

U.S. War Department. Had it not been for the persistence of a young

Superintendent of Schools in Lawton Oklahoma who befriended the old

warrior at Ft. Sill the words of Geronimo may never have made it to paper.

– IN HIS OWN WORDSGERONIMO

In remembrance of Father Gino, a dedicated carpenter and priest

2 Summer 2013

La Fleur FataleLa Fleur FataleBy Kim Stone

The row of red yuccas in two gallon

pots had been in the same location

for weeks, and I walked or rode my

bike past them dozens of times. Their

particularly deep red fl owers waved

on fl exible stems in short arcs or long

ones, depending on the wind, and I

took casual notice of them just as I

do all of the other plants in the retail

nursery. Thickened, lance-shaped

leaves grew from each pot and then

curved outward, allowing room for the

meter-high fl owering stalks to rise from

the center. Because they were perched

atop an elevated rock wall, the fl owers

were effectively at eye level, and hard

to miss.

During the heat of the afternoon last

Wednesday, an expected lustfulness

rose up inside me, and with it, a primal

urge to possess these plants – all of

them. The fl owers, I realized, weren’t

just deeper red than most red yuccas,

they were the color of blood, starting

with bright arterial blood near the

center, transitioning to a darker venous

color at the tips. I began to guard

them, jealously, fi nding reasons to loiter

nearby, waiting for the paycheck that in

48 hours would make them mine.

The truth be told, the native form of

red yucca (Hesperaloe parvifl ora) can

easily reach six-seven feet across with

a daunting thicket of tightly packed

leaves, and while it looks great in front

of offi ce buildings or along freeways,

it is often too large and gangly for

home landscapes. The plant that was

plucking the heartstrings of my desire

is a trademarked cultivar of this species

called Brakelights. It not only has much

redder fl owers, but a mature size of

just a third of its parent. Petite, you

might say, rather than full fi gured. It is

exceptionally heat tolerant and cold

hardy, too, down to minus 20 degrees,

which means it can be grown anywhere

in Arizona, from Yuma to Flagstaff.

And because it produces few seeds, it

can fl ower for nine months of the year,

attracting hummingbirds all the while.

The pulsating red fl owers glow –

like brake lights – and appear to be

backlit even when they’re not. In the

shade, the pigments are particularly

strong and lucid, resembling crushed

cochineal. The species form of red

yucca fl ower is painted raspberry

sherbet on the outside, with long

yellow tipped stamens surrounded by

bone white on the inside, all as if lithely

applied with a fi ne horsehair brush.

From a distance, this gives the “red”

yucca more of a deep pinkish hue. The

color of Brakelights, by contrast, is

blood red through and through, like it

was plunged wholesale into a pool of

thick, pomegranate syrup and hung

to dry. Even its stamens have shrunk

almost out of sight to help magnify the

Big Red effect.

In interest of full disclosure, I had

already planted three of the regular red

yuccas in my yard, long before I became

enamored with the intense beauty and

diminutive size of Brakelights. Plant

fi delity is not one of my strong points

(after all, there is no higher calling in

landscape design than to choose the

right plant for the right place, even if

it takes several tries to get it right ),

so I unceremoniously dug out the

original red yuccas and replaced

them in the same location with

Brakelights, preserving the older

plants in the empty containers.

Is this a case of trading a reliable

old standby for the seductive power of

a new introduction? What some might

call a trophy plant? Perhaps, but now,

comparing the two plants side-by-side,

I’ve grown a new appreciation for the

subtle artistry of the native red yucca

fl owers, compared to the drunken

allure of the Brakelights. Even with its

rambunctious vegetative growth, the

native red yucca suggests that it sips

from a glass, with stately elegance,

while the upstart Brakelights brashly

chugs from the bottle, not genteel

enough to even wipe its chin, but never

outgrowing its location, either.

For size, color, and length of

fl owering alone, Brakelights is a

superior choice for most home yards

and landscapes, but if space isn’t an

issue, the native red yucca still has

its charm. In the end, the choice will

depend on how thirsty you are.

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Left: The native form of Red YuccaRight: The new, trademarked Brakelights cultivar

By Jenn Walker

Fourth of July is here again. I

can already remember last year,

standing awkardly in the kitchen of

someone I hardly knew, where every

table and counter top was covered

with pies, chips, dip and potato salad.

I was invited, sure, but the fact I only

knew three people was evident.

These days we equate Fourth

of July with being social, either

standing over barbecues and food or

beneath fi reworks.

But unless you are in school and

have been assigned to do so, it is not

often we take the time to ask each other

around this time, "What does it mean to

be American, anyway?"

Once celebrated as the day we

declared independence, is that still

what we think of when we hoist up our

fl ags in front of our houses, or watch

brilliant, colorful explosives fall from

the sky? Some of us throw around

the word 'patriotism', but what does

that imply?

True, we could turn to our

dictionaries and encylopedias

and dryly read aloud defi nitions

and dates. However, there are

approximately 302 million of

us Americans living here in the

U.S. as legal citizens, who is

to say what “being American”

means?

What being American

means to someone who just

became a citizen days, months

or years ago versus a second,

third or fourth generation

American, versus a Native American,

is likely different. It seems like it would

depend on who you ask. For this reason,

we recently asked our readers to simply

respond to the question: "What does it

mean to you to be an American?" on our

website, and we still invite you to do so.

Meanwhile, we came across a book

called, "To Be An American", written by

an attorney, author and professor who

grew up just over the mountains from

Globe, in Superior, Arizona. His name is

Bill Ong Hing.

Nowadays, in addition to blogging

regularly for the Huffi ngton Post, Hing

is a professor of law at the University of

San Francisco and professor emeritus at

U.C. California, Davis School of Law.

We asked Hing during a brief phone

interview what it meant to him to be

an American.

After an aside commenting on how

he missed the summers in Superior (he

now lives in California) he responded:

"My concept, my idea, of what

it means to be an American is really

infl uenced by growing up in Superior,"

he said. "What it means to me, it's

very diverse."

He then went on to describe the

multiethnic environment he grew up in,

which he also details in his book.

Hing was born in Superior in 1947 to

one of three Chinese American families

in the area, which were all essentially

part of the same extended family. The

rest of his peers were primarily Anglo,

Summer 2013 3

The American ExperienceRefl ecting on what “American” means with Bill Hing

American Experience, Continued on page 5

Summer 2013 3

Bill Ong Hing with his parents.

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This summer will be the last one for the Apache Drive-In

on Hwy 77. It has served many generations of moviegoers

who loaded up the car each weekend with kids and coolers to

watch the latest fi lms on the big silver screen under the stars at

night. When I found out that no event had yet been planned for

the ‘last picture show’ I jumped on the chance to host one! As

a publication, GlobeMiamiTimes is known for featuring stories

which help defi ne our times. And the closing of the drive-in

represents the ending of an era for many of us. So mark your

calendars for September 28 and get your early bird tickets now to

secure a spot. This is a moment in history and we plan on making

it memorable (see pp 12-13).

Oh my, and that event will follow on the heels of the Gila

County fair which always happens the middle of September and

this year we will be helping the fair get the word out about the

huge line up of scheduled events. Two new features of the fair will

make it easier for attendees to get tickets and keep up with events –

a QR code and online ticket sales. The code links to a hosted

landing page featuring up to date information on fair activities for

mobile users, and pre-paid gate tickets which can now be bought

online through Eventbrite.com (see pp 13).

Before I get to our feature articles, I just want to put in a plug for

all the new additions we launched this summer for our fans to stay

in touch with the Globe-Miami Community. Check out the details

of our new comprehensive website (pp 24 ), and consider signing

up for one of our weekly newsletters or liking us on Facebook.

Both will help you stay connected to the community, and we look

forward to serving you on these platforms.

Our feature articles this summer have a distinctive nod

to history. We didn’t really plan that when we began

gathering ideas for this edition, but each of our stories involve a

link to the past. We bring you Clara T. Woody who has educated,

entertained and inspired us (pp 6), and Bullion Plaza Cultural

Museum (pp 14) which has risen from decay to become

a noteworthy museum and cultural center hosting both

visitors and locals.

For those of us who had the pleasure of a fi rsthand

experience with our own Copper Spike, the upcoming

event on the Verde Valley Railroad will be of special

interest. Like Globe’s excursion railroad which

was closed in 2011, the Verde Valley line has a rich

history of railroading and copper mining on its

38-mile stretch of track. It has operated

since 1990 as an excursion line and their

August event includes a variety of

musical acts and scenery and

cooler temperatures. What’s

not to love?

This spring we were saddened by the loss of Father Gino; the

Franciscan friar who had held sway over the small Catholic church

in San Carlos for nearly two decades. We had heard so many good

things about his work on San Carlos and even met up with him

earlier this year to plan an article. The article (pp 1) by Jenn Walker

refl ects on the man who was both priest and carpenter at St.

Francis Church in San Carlos.

And on the eve of the nations’ celebration of the Fourth, it

seemed appropriate to ask the question, just what does it mean

to be an American ...to you? Beyond the cliches and the talking

points we hear on TV, have you thought about what this means?

How does each of us defi ne ‘being American?” We fi rst asked

this question on our website and Facebook, and have included an

interview with Bill Ong Hing, who grew up in Superior and wrote

the book “To Be An American” (pp 3). We still encourage readers to

weigh in on this question and leave us a comment on our website.

And on that note, I will leave you to our summer issue!

Enjoy,

“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”

– Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Works

Summer 2013 5

American Experience,Continued from page 3

Mexican, Navajo and Apache. These

were the kids he would play basketball

and Little League with.

He learned Mexican corridos, or folk

ballads, from his next-door neigbor.

During the '60s, he played guitar in

a couple rock n' roll bands in high

school, one of which gained local

popularity. They called themselves

the "UNs", short for United Nations,

because the members included a

Chinese American (Hing), a Mexican

American, and Scandinavian and

German descendants.

As he describes his upbringing in

Superior in his book, Hing says this:

"Although I left Superior after

graduating from high school to attend

college at U.C. Berkeley, my early life

in Superior has profoundly infl uenced

my thinking on multicultural,

multiracial, and multireligious

communities, class distinctions, and

social values. Although life was not

without strife, my family was part of a

larger community that respected our

Chinese American identity and culture.

We learned about and respected other

cultures and languages. I learned values

and approaches to life from people

of all backgrounds, from my Catholic

Mexican American playmates to my

Jewish high school history teacher, from

Navajo and German customers to the

chief administrator of the local mine.

In retrospect, the opportunity to hear

different perspectives was clearly an

advantage."

"My life after high school – at U.C.

Berkeley, in law school, in Chinatown, at

the Buddhist church, as a legal services

attorney, immigration lawyer, academic,

participant in community activities,

spouse, and parent – has reinforced the

values I began to develop in Superior.

How could I not be infl uenced by my

African American college roommate

from Texas, the jazz band we formed,

People's Park, or the all-Asian American

fraternity I initially spurned but

ultimately joined?... My early life in

Superior and all of these subsequent life

experiences have created impressions

– some would say biases – that lead

to views about America and being an

American that one might loosely call

cultural pluralism."

As we fi nished our conversation

over the phone Hing told me that he

still comes back to Superior twice a

year, and that his perspective on what it

means to be American has not changed

since his childhood.

“You don’t have to be of European

descent,” he said. “Anyone can be

an American.”

Bill Hing is pictured here with members of Quill and Scroll at Superior high School, an organization for outstanding journalism students.

Old clip: "Superior's musical group known as the UNs appeared on a Phoenix TV show recently and is proving very popular with the teenagers. It is appropriately named since the boys consist of (left to right) Gary Antilla, Bruce Medlock, Armour Gomez at the mike, and Billy Hing. They come from a 'United Nations' stock of Swedish, German, Spanish and Chinese blood."

6 Summer 2013

By Jenn Walker

This story is about a Globe woman

who was ahead of her time. It should

have been written decades ago. But this

paper did not exist then and I was no

more than a twinkle in my dad's eye.

Clara T. Woody was perhaps the

most independent woman in Globe-

Miami during her heyday. If you were

around Globe-Miami anytime from

1917 onward, perhaps you saw her

somewhere around town, donning her

cat-eye framed glasses. She was a mother

of two, employed fi rst at the county

attorney's offi ce and later in local real

estate. On her own accord, however, she

became Gila County's most infl uential,

unoffi cial historian and archivist.

"Many books may be written from

material Mrs. Woody has gathered

through the years," Frances Gerhardt

once wrote of Woody in the Arizona

Record (article date unknown). "Her

fi les include data on mining, brands,

cemeteries, churches, courthouse[s],

dams, fi res, fl oods, early families,

deaths, military, pioneer women

of Arizona, railroads, schools, Al

Seiber, mails, wildlife and many other

pertinent facts."

In an era when women were

expected to be homemakers, if Woody

wasn't working, she was out collecting

stories, perhaps talking to witnesses

or informants of the Tewksbury Fewd

or Pleasant Valley War, or visiting Mr.

Anderson, a pioneer. A Kansas farm

girl herself, Woody was fascinated

with Globe's pioneer history from the

moment she arrived to the area.

It all started when Woody relocated

to New Mexico in pursuit of a drier

climate after developing severe

pneumonia and hay fever. She was

rebellious from the start, says Woody's

daughter Jean Stiles. She attended the

New Mexican Agricultural School in

Las Cruces. There she taught Mexican

children English and learned Spanish.

Pneumonia and hay fever stayed with

her, and in 1917 she came to Globe.

Soon after she met her future husband,

Clarence, from West Virginia. He was

camped out on the tailings with the

calvary in 1917 to quell the mine strike.

They married on Thanksgiving Day of

the same year. She traveled with him to

Oklahoma and Texas, until the doctor

told Woody's husband he had better

relocate her to Arizona and keep her

there. He worked for Old Dominion and

later Inspiration.

Meanwhile, she found work as a

court reporter for the county attorney's

offi ce and began traveling around the

county for work.

"She talked about murders,

sometimes she viewed the bodies,"

recalls Stiles.

It was then, with the encouragement

of the state librarian, that she began

to collect data on Gila County and

interview survivors of the past,

documenting their stories. Woody

developed a knack for getting these

individuals to open up to her.

"They trusted her with information

they would have imparted to nobody

else, sometimes exacting a promise

that it would not be revealed until

they and all others involved were

safely dead and buried," wrote C.L.

Sonnichsen in the forward of Woody's

book "Globe, Arizona". "She was forever

digging into old newspapers and court

records, visiting the state library, and

corresponding with people who might

have a scrap of authentic information."

Needless to say, Woody was excellent

at shorthand, Stiles remembers.

It would take 60 years, however,

before Woody's notes, manuscripts

and articles were compiled into a

published book.

"My mom was a procrastinator in

some ways," Stiles says. "The fun of

writing for her was the investigating, she

loved interviewing people."

"She would write the stories down,

but to compile a book required someone

else to get it done," she adds.

Meanwhile, Woody certainly left

her mark on this region. She was an

inductee into the Arizona Women's

Hall of Fame. For a time, Mayor Hank

Williams rallied for the county museum,

which at the time was owned by Miami

Copper Company, to be named after

her. For a brief time it was.

Clara Woody, Continued on page 7

Clara's husband Clarence Waitman Woody. Though Clara was more active than most wives of that era, he never protested her investigative nature.

CLARA T. WOODY A WOMAN AHEAD OF HER TIME

Clara Thompson Woody was one of Gila County's most infl uential historians and archivists, from the time she moved here in 1917 until her death in 1981.

Summer 2013 7

But Woody was a modest woman,

and didn't like the idea of the

museum being named after her. The

name was changed to the Gila County

Historical Museum.

She frequently contributed her

work to the Arizona Silver Belt, then the

Arizona Republic, and was instrumental

in helping other local writers. She served

as a member of the board of directors

to the Arizona Historical Society. She

was also extremely active in several

organizations; she was president of

the Globe Business and Professional

Women's Club, and vice president of

the state's organization.

"My mother loved politics, she was

what I would call a rabid politician,"

Stiles says. "When women got the

vote she became a democrat, a very

staunch democrat."

"I remember she would go around

at night after polls to check and see

who was winning," Stiles adds. "If she

could have run for offi ce, she probably

would have."

She happened to be married to a

man who supported her all the while.

"My father was a very laid-back

man," Stiles says. "Whatever my mother

wanted to do, fi ne."

Neither Woody or her husband

were around much while Stiles and her

brother grew up in Globe. He worked in

the mines, and was later sent to Wilcox.

Around 1928 Woody picked up work

real estate with J.J. Keegan, working on

insurance policies in the room above

what is now Bacons Boots and Saddles.

As a child growing up in Globe during

the 1920s and '30s, Stiles recalls

instead often coming home from

school to babysitters rather than

her mother.

"She became the forerunner of

women's lib," Stiles says. "She didn't

like to be confi ned to the house."

"At that time, she stood out

in the community," Stiles adds.

"Women weren't expected to do

things like this, they were expected

to stay at home, cook, clean and

raise babies."

Woody continued to work the

same job throughout the Great

Depression. It wasn't a lot of money,

remembers Stiles, but it was enough

to get by.

"We may not have had a lot

of material things, but we always

had books and magazines. Mother

was a big believer in education,"

Stiles says.

In 1939 Woody retired from

JJ Keegan and began to pursue her

research in full force. Eventually she and

her husband relocated to Wheatfi elds,

and later Miami.

Even then, she spent a lot of time

at her typewriter, remembers Woody's

granddaughter Diane Stewart. Woody

raised Stewart when she was little.

Stewart still remembers Woody's

offi ce next door to the little house in

Miami, where she kept her typewriter

and records. Even Stewart was young,

Woody was still collecting stories. She

remembers taking a trip with Woody to

Zane Grey's cabin.

Woody's plan was to write four

books. That's where Milton L. Schwartz

comes in. Schwartz was a graduate

student at the University of Arizona

when Woody was just shy of turning 90.

At that time the publications committee

of the Arizona Historical Society agreed

to edit a collection of her stories on

Globe. Schwartz was tasked with taking

Woody's research and transforming

it into a narrative. Three years later

Woody's fi rst book, "Globe, Arizona",

coauthored by Schwartz, was published

in 1977. Woody was 91.

Unfortunately, she did not get to

the other three before she passed away

at 95.

Nonetheless, she left a legacy. Copies

of photographs she collected are now in

state archives, including the laying of

the fi rst cornerstone of the fi rst church

in Globe in 1880, pictures of the 1894 big

snow storm, Al Seiber, and Tal Ka Lai,

the Native American chief and scout

who lived his last years in Miami.

"Heritage?" asked Gerhardt. "Gila

County has it. Ask Mrs. Clara Woody."

Clara Woody, Continued from page 6

Clarence and Clara were married on Thanksgiving Day in 1917. They had two children: John Woody, former curator of Gila County Museum, and Jean Stiles, who still resides in Globe today.

8 Summer 2013

THE ABC’S OF ANTIQUING

by Darin Lowery

The cable television show Flea

Market Flip, hosted by Lara Spencer of

Antiques Roadshow fame is the sort of

program that has me alternately ripping

my hair out by its grey

roots, audibly groaning

like a fl atlining cardiac

patient, or lunging

from my lounge chair

to scream at the set.

For those who haven’t

seen it, two teams

of artists/designers/

collectors are handed

a wad of bills, released

into a huge fl ea market

to terrorize antiques

dealers while searching

for items to buy, then

transforming the items

into ‘desirable’ objects

to re-sell, hoping to

reap a windfall. Whoever makes the

most profi ts in this competition, as is

the American way, is the winner.

The teams purchase perfectly good

items – fancy divans, carved bureaus,

elaborate picture frames – and then

sand, paint, pound, blast, burn,

dismantle and torture things which did

very well for a very long time just being

the useful, attractive pieces they were

designed as. The goal is to then move

the merchandise at ridiculously high

prices to buyers who fi nd their wares

‘trendy’, ‘hip’ or – my perennial favorite,

‘really unique’.

Maybe it’s just me, but having a café

table reimagined with a giant serrated

saw blade as its top, or a lighted ceiling

fi xture fabricated from rusted barbed

wire is more than unusual. It’s lethal.

Our fi nal chapter in the ABC’s of

Antiquing continues: Parts I, II and III

covered A-R in the previous issues.

is for Soda Pop Bottles.

Yep, those glass containers

of yesteryear are truly

collectible, and I can prove it— we have

twenty-three outstanding examples

on our kitchen shelf. While Coke beats

out Pepsi for most collectors, how

about brands with names like ‘Husky’,

‘Sparkle’ and ‘Whistle’? The ones to look

for are the unusual— ‘Patio’ and ‘Like’

come to mind. My favorite is a short

green ‘Liano’s Lithiated Lemon Soda’

bottle, done in an Art Deco font in white.

Gotta love a beverage with Lithium as

an active ingredient.

Paper labels went

the way of the

dinosaur with the

advent of ACL labels

(applied ceramic

printing, which is

permanent): brand

names stayed

bright and shiny

through repeated

factory washings –

remember, bottles

used to be returned

for reuse, and

your deposit was

returned! Great

looking pieces can

still be found for a few dollars, and the

more elusive – say, the early Seven-Up

bottle with a bathing beauty on the left

side – fetch a lot more.

is for Typewriter, as in,

what Grandma learned

to use in school. They’re

the hefty, clunky keyboards (without

a monitor) you’ll see in old 1940’s

black and white crime dramas where

the newsman bangs away on a hot

‘hold the presses’ story. Remington,

Underwood, Olivetti… each have their

special qualities and each operate with

a simple press of the keys, which cause

individual steel arms embossed with a

letter or symbol of the alphabet to strike

an inked ribbon which then transfers

the image to paper. Having one sitting

on a desk in your home offi ce means

you recognize the nobility of early

typefaces… and actually using one will

bring a new respect for the legion of

secretaries who greased the wheels of

so many large corporations for so many

years. Typing a letter on one of those

babies will give you a workout.

PART IV

T

SABC's, Continued on page 9

Summer 2013 9

VU

X,Y, & Z

W

is for Umbrella. Don’t laugh –

there are folks out there who

collect just about anything,

and umbrellas are one of them.

When I’m not polishing my twenty-

three vintage soda pop

bottles, I’m opening and

admiring my seventeen

vintage umbrellas (this is

done outdoors, of course:

similar to tossing your

hat on a bed, opening

an umbrella indoors is

to invite disaster). The

better bumbershoots

have fancy handles (the

best, in candy-colored,

carved Bakelite) with

lively and vibrant printed patterns

on cloth. Most to be found are still in

usable condition, and a group of them,

like any still life, make an impact. A

recent dinner guest commented on my

collection, stuffed in a chrome Moderne

stand by the front door – but she seemed

more puzzled than impressed. We don’t

get a lot of rain in Arizona.

is for Victorian. Talk about

‘over-the-top’. A typical

Victorian home (a period

which covered the reign of

England’s Queen Victoria, from 1837-

1901) boasted more household items

per square foot than today’s IKEA. Tables

laid for teas and suppers rivaled the

Royal Navy for hardware – lemon forks

and pickle forks and olive forks – you

get it. While furnishings were numerous

(photos from those years look like

warehouse interiors, not parlors) the

millwork, ceramics and textiles were

outstanding. Think non-judicious use

of carving, marble, cut glass, fringe,

and even wicker. Names to look for in

furniture are Herter Brothers, Eastlake

and Horner. The Victorians took the

‘more is more’ look to dizzying heights.

is for Wall Pockets. Collectors

love wall pockets – those

ceramic vases with a fl at back

one sees hung in hallways and dining

rooms – and while they’re not as easily

found nowadays, if you do a bit of

ABC's, Continued from page 8 digging you’ll be rewarded.

All of the big pottery houses

made them from the ‘20’s

through the Fifties, though

they’ve been around forever

and were originally used, in

canvas or wood versions,

to hold anything worth

reaching for – scissors,

matches or spoons. Popular

designs were made by

Noritake, McCoy, Weller

and Shawnee, and the ones

created by Roseville are truly

lovely. And yes, wall pockets

in good condition do hold

water, which make them

perfect for a fl oral spray in

your boudoir. Recent ‘sold’

listings on eBay ran from

six to ninety-nine dollars

each, depending on style

and rarity.

are for those undefi nable things

we just can’t categorize. I’m talking

about those items that touch us in a

personal way when we stumble across

them at a tag sale or antiques shop.

A Pyrex bowl with green fl owers

reminds us of Mom and those crazy

barbeques; the Lesley Gore ‘hit single’

on a 45 rpm record that blared at the

fi rst school dance we attended; a shiny

Zippo lighter just like Grandpa carried

in his pocket. We keep the past alive

not only through memories, family

stories and photographs, but by things,

too. If you’re lucky enough to come

across something which reminds

you of home, or of someone once

close – or even if the item has no

relevance, its only stamp of worthiness

is that it’s ‘cool’, then go for it. We live in

changing times, and occasionally it’s a

comfort to have something solid, with a

patina, to hold onto.

This concludes the GlobeMiami

Times four-part series on the ‘ABC’s of

Antiquing’. See you at the shops!

10 Summer 2013

By Linda Gross and Jessica Doong

Peter Bigfoot’s “Book of Ancient

Natural Remedies: Healing Yourself

and Others with Herbs and Hands” is

a detailed yet concise guide on herbal

remedies and Chinese acupressure.

Written by a man who has trekked

85 miles solo across the Sonoran Desert,

has spent the last thirty years studying

the ability of nature to cure, and has

tested the effi cacy of what he has

learned on himself, the book is a literal

“how-to” of natural healing methods

handed down and tested over time

from those who have relied on

nature rather than high tech western

medicine to heal.

Getting bitten by snakes, stung

by scorpions, impaled on spines are

common dangers for anyone living

in the Southwest and all of these are

addressed in Bigfoot’s book.

He describes how to prepare and

apply localized natural healing agents

like willow bark, cactus, and comfrey,

to heal bites and stings and use Chinese

acupressure to heal headaches and

stomach cramps.

Bigfoot has been stung over thirty

times by a bark scorpion, and says he

found a remedy which works very well

on these stings. Nonetheless, he started

experimenting with others – just so

he could compare results. It turns out

his favorite concoction won out over

all the others. He calls it his “Scorpion

Sting Remedy.”

Last spring, 92-year-old Minnie

Hicks was bitten on the bottom of

her foot by a brown recluse, one of

the nastiest of all critters making the

Southwest their home.

Common treatment by those in the

medical fi eld includes elevating the

affected limb, providing ibuprofen and

tylenol and often resorting to surgery

and hospitalization to cut out the

affected area.

Yet, in Hicks’ case, after weeks in

the hospital with all the skills Western

medicine could afford, her foot

continued to worsen and her daughters

said they were worried she might loose

her foot, or her life. Doctors told them

they had done all they could.

That was when one of the sisters,

Janet Cline, called Bigfoot. He brought

desert willow bark to soak her foot and a

Peter Bigfoot, Continued on page 11

Summer 2013 11

The Making of a NaturalistBy Jessica Doong

Bigfoot was raised in suburban New Jersey. His parents moved there from farms, so they had a big garden in their backyard. As a kid, Bigfoot would often get sick, seemingly at the worst times. Sometime around his junior year in high school, he grew so tired of being ill that he vowed to do whatever it took to be healthy, even if it meant eating horse manure.

The next day he met someone who introduced him to natural healing and foods, and he continued to meet more people in the same vein. He began to read books and change his diet, which ended up changing his life. He was no longer sick all the time and was able to use the techniques he learned to self heal.

His education in other areas was also very hands-on. He traveled from place to place, learning practical trades that he had an interest in, like construction. Wherever he stayed for any signifi cant length of time, he would set up a garden for himself. Eventually, he landed in Phoenix.

He recounted how he had always envied animals like deer, bears, and eagles, which could go wild and free

without having to haul a bunch of things around. Whatever they needed they would fi nd in nature.

So in July 1976, he got inspired to walk 85 miles across the Sonoran Desert, bringing no food or water with him but instead lived completely off of the land. He walked alone for 15 days in the scorching Arizona heat; temperatures reached above 135 degrees in the daytime. Water sources were 14 miles apart, and he contracted hepatitis from drinking water that had animal carcasses fl oating in it. Fortunately, he was able to handle his condition with wild herbs.

His trek gotten written up in the newspaper, and he started getting calls from people who wanted him to teach survival skills. He put a

hold on that for a few years while

he attended the natural healing

school Jim Marinakis had started.

Once he fi nished there, Bigfoot opened

up his own natural healing practice

in Phoenix.

At the prompting of Marinakis

and others, Bigfoot fi nally began

teaching survival skills in the spring

of 1978. It was at the end of a trek

with his students that he came across

the abandoned farm that would later

become Reevis Mountain School.

Reevis Mountain School started

off in 1980 as a new age community

focusing on self-suffi ciency and

survival skills, but it has evolved

into a sanctuary, organic farm,

and homestead. The Bigfoots now

have interns that come to stay with

them in the northeast corner of the

Superstition Wilderness, and they

also teach short classes in wilderness

survival and herbology. It is a place

where they not only grow food, but

help people grow.

Reevis Mountain bottled remedies

and salves can be ordered online

through www.reevismountain.org

or purchased through Hoofi n’ It Feed

and Tack.

Peter Bigfoot, Continued from page 10

tincture made of black walnut

bark and chaparral.

“We immersed her foot in

the willow bark soak and the

stuff that came out of there was

amazing. It instantly bubbled

up all the (toxins),” says Cline.“

It pretty much saved her life.”

As Bigfoot has discovered

over the years, most everything

you need to make tinctures,

salves, poultices and soaks to

heal yourself is readily on hand

in nature, close to the source.

“The accessibility of herbal

remedies seems to be a part

of a greater natural design for

healing. It is a phenomenon whereby remedies are often

found precisely where they would be needed,” he explains.

“For example, prickly pear, which is used as a remedy for

sunburn, is found in the desert. Barrel cactus, a remedy for snakebites, tends

to grow where snakes live. Wild grape tends to grow along with poison ivy, and

purslane is a common garden weed used to treat bee stings.“

Unfortunately, this natural design was disregarded by scientists in the early

19th century, who began to extract and modify the active ingredients from

plants as soon as they were able. This led to chemists later making their own

versions of plant compounds. Eventually, the use of medicinal herbs declined,

mostly supplanted by these new drugs.

Bigfoot is not shy when it comes to his dim opinion of pharmaceutical

companies.

Antibiotics damage the body’s own

natural defenses and come with side

effects, he points out.

“So many conventional treatments

are only meant to reduce symptoms;

they do not promote the body’s natural

healing,” adds Bigfoot’s wife Patricia.

Their philosophy is a simple one: if

you remove the cause of a sickness and

promote a healing atmosphere, the

body will heal itself.

That healing atmosphere begins

with drawing on nature to fi nd the

cures to what ails us.

“It’s just too much money [involved in the business],

and the stuff hurts you more than it helps you,” he asserted.

“As a matter of fact, I think [pharmaceuticals] are

designed to hurt a person.”

Peter andPatricia Bigfoot

Minnie's foot after being

treated with a tincture made

of black walnut bark and

chaparral.

Minnie's foot after she spent weeks in the hospital being treated with Western medicine for a brown recluse bite.

12 Summer 2013

By Linda Gross

Nearly 60 years of movie memories

under the big open skies is coming to a

close this Fall when the Apache Drive-In

will lock its gates forever.

“We’ve known this day was coming,”

says Bobby Hollis whose family owns

the fourplex cinema in town as well

as the Apache Drive-In. “We thought

about closing it (the drive-in) last year,

and decided to run it for one more

season,” says Hollis.

“But it is getting harder and harder

to get the 35mm fi lm and it would

cost nearly $150,000

to convert to digital.”

In order to

understand the

economics of fi lm

just consider what

LA Weekly writer

Gendy Alimurung

wrote last April in

her article, “Movie Studios

Are forcing Hollywood to

Abandon 35mm Film.”

“There is a war raging in

Hollywood; a war between formats.

In one corner...are defenders of 35mm

fi lm. Elegant in its economy, for more

than 100 years fi lm has been the

dominant medium with which movies

are shot, edited and viewed,” she wrote.

“In the other corner are backers of

digital technology - a cheaper, faster,

democratizing medium, a boon to both

creator and distributor.”

Alimurung points out that it costs

about $1,500 to print one copy of a

movie on 35mm fi lm. When multiplied

by 4,000 copies – one for each movie on

each screen in each multiplex around

the country – it is easy to see that the

numbers start to get ugly.

By comparison, she points out,

putting out a digital copy costs a

mere $150.

The Apache Drive-In has the unique

distinction of being one of the last

four drive-ins operating in the state

and the only single-screen among the

four. Operating on 35mm fi lm, it has

been facing it’s last days for years as

more and more of the movie industry

converts to digital.

The Tale of Two CinemasThe Hollis fourplex Cinemas in

downtown Globe was built on the

ground which used to house the

Pioneer Hotel and the original Globe

Theater before the Pioneer Fire in 2005

destroyed both structures in a 3-alarm

fi re believed to have started on the third

fl oor of the hotel.

The downtown theater built in the

1930’s had been a classic ‘old-style’

cinema with one screen, running 35mm

fi lms. Although a tragic loss in many

ways, the fi re presented one silver lining;

it was the opportunity to rebuild from

the ashes for a new era of movie going.

Hollis rebuilt on the original site

and was able to expand the footprint to

include four screens - and a new digital

format. Construction on the new theater

was begun in 2008 and the fourplex

opened on Thanksgiving Day 2009.

This season, as the Cineplex

celebrates it’s fourth year in business,

the Apache Drive-In is set to close it’s

doors after nearly 60 years in operation.

Even taking into account the loyal

following of those who have considered

the Drive-In their favorite form of

entertainment throughout the summer,

there is not enough business to justify

the huge outlay of cash it would take to

upgrade to the new digital.

It is time to say good-bye.

Apache Drive-In, Continued on page 13

The end of an era comes to the Apache Drive-In

CELEBRATING THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

Summer 2013 13

This fall the drive-in will host their regular

showing in early September. As usual it will be a

double header – for $10 a carload. The concession

stand will be offering up their famous red chili

enchiladas, hot dogs and popcorn, as locals fi nd

their favorite spot to settle in for the last time to

watch the silver screen under the stars at their

favorite hometown drive in.

And then, like all good acts, there will be an encore.

GlobeMiamiTimes has teamed up with the

Apache Drive-In to host the ‘last picture show’

featuring perhaps the most iconic fi lms of all drive

in movies, "American Graffi tti!” Starring Ron

Howard, Harrison Form, Cindy Williams Suzanne

Somers, and WOLFMAN JACK, this 1973 fi lm opened to critical

acclaim and was nominated for best picture.

Tickets on sale now! With only 200 tickets available for this last salute to

the Drive-In, the event is sure to sell out quickly, so please

reserve yours today. Tickets available only online at: lastpictureshow.eventbrite.com.

Early bird tickets will go on sale July 10th and offer savings

of 40%. For the full details see the Eventbrite listing.

Your ticket will come with a commemorative copper key

fob, a collectors tin of popcorn and an evening of fun and fi lm, including a Fashion

and Fenders contest, Wolfman Jack contest and more.

Plan to bring your own 'tailgate' food and beverage or purchase from a great

selection the night of the event.

Apache Drive-In, Continued from page 12

Apache Drive-In was featured on the front cover of Arizona Highways just last year for their focus on Retro Az. Hollis says all the cars came from the local car club and the image of Elvis on the screen was photoshop'd .

14 Summer 2013

By Jenn Walker

It took approximately

three years of Tom Foster's

life to move an 1882

salvaged steam hoist from

the Harqua Hala gold mine

in western Arizona to the

Bullion Plaza Museum and

Cultural Center. In order to

do so, Foster, the museum's

executive director, had to

disassemble it completely,

to the last nut and bolt. In

total, Foster estimates that

the hoist weighs about 2500

pounds, the base plate alone

weighing about 1000 pounds.

Any part that weighed less

than 100 pounds was moved

by hand from 170 feet below

ground to the surface. It

is likely the museum's

largest exhibition.

Each exhibition requires

a level of dedication. If you

ask Foster how long it takes to complete

an exhibit at the museum, he'll tell you

it takes as long as it takes.

SInce 2001, Bullion Plaza, a

501(c) nonprofi t, has housed some of

Globe-Miami's best-kept treasures

and stories. Prior, however, it served a

different function.

With its tall columns and large white

steps, Bullion Plaza must have been

intimidating on the fi rst day of school.

Situated at the end of Sullivan Street,

just before the Highway 60 veers out of

downtown Miami, Bullion Plaza opened

as a grammar school in 1923. Once upon

a time, it was the school where Mexican

and Apache children got swaddled for

speaking their native tongue.

The school also produced doctors,

lawyers and teachers, remembers

Joe Sanchez, who is president of the

museum's board and grew up in Miami.

"Those students were very

disciplined, but there was a reason for

it," he says.

During that time, neighborhoods

were separated by culture.

"In those days, even when they

buried the dead, there was some

segregation," Sanchez says with a laugh.

"The Croations have a section, the

Serbs have a section, and the Hispanics

have a section."

Bullion was built by architect Henry

Charles Trost, whose architectural

fi rm Trost and Trost also designed the

Divine Grace Church and the Miami

High School (demolished) in Miami, as

well as the Railway Station, East Globe

School, Hill Street School, Elks Building

and the Masonic Temple in Globe.

That corner of Miami, where Bullion

Plaza sat, was the center of activity.

Once, there was a ballroom in front of

it. If there was any type of celebration in

town, it was in front of Bullion Plaza.

In 1994, Bullion Plaza was deemed

no longer safe as a public school, and

closed. Three years later the town of

Miami bought it in a public bid. The

town collectively decided through

public hearings and survey that the best

use of the building would be a museum.

Bullion Plaza opened as a museum and

cultural center in 2001.

"When we fi rst started, the whole

thing had been abandoned," says Linda

Carnahan, fi rst vice president of the

museum. "There was water pouring in

from the roof when we got it."

To this day, there is still water

damage upstairs from where it leaked.

More than $326,200 later, the museum

has since gotten a new roof. Last

summer was spent replacing windows,

Bullion Plaza, Continued on page 15

A museum and cultural center, Bullion Plaza houses local history, keeping stories alive

MIAMI'S GEM

Tom Foster has been working with Bullion Plaza since he moved to Miami in 2001. He became executive director in 2009, and now oversees thecreation of all exhibitions in the museum.

Summer 2013 15

fi lling holes in the ceiling and painting

the exterior of the building. There is still

more to be done, however.

"There are places that you can't even

make coffee without blowing a breaker,"

Carnahan says.

In addition to Foster's hoist, the

museum houses an impressive Slavic

exhibit, put together by members of

the Slavic Cultural Center. The walls are

covered Slavic fl ags, encased garb, and

professionally-displayed exhibits that

include photos and family histories of

many of Globe-Miami's earliest Slavic

immigrants. Housed in the same room

is the new Rose Mofford collection.

The display represents half of the vast

collection which has been donated to

this region and split between Bullion

Plaza and Globe's Center for the Arts.

Other large displays refl ect the

region's mining, ranching and

military history, with the help of local

individuals who contribute their own

pieces of history to the museum. A new

room is being designed with artifacts,

which will soon be exclusively Apache.

In the mineral hallway you can spot

minerals native to Globe-Miami and

San Carlos, like chrysocolla, quartz,

olivine and vanadinite, loaned by the

Arizona Historical Society. On the way

to the hoist is the mining hallway, lined

with mining relics, like a coiled air hose,

air-powered drills, a clay and shale

crusher, a wheel barrow, copper-bearing

ore and a pick.

The hoist itself was reassembled

onto a subfl oor, where the acoustics

are different. Upon entry a visitor

should feel as though he or she is

underground in a mine. There are life-

sized enlarged black and white photos

from the Miami Copper Company

arranged on the surrounding walls. The

hoist cable feeds from the hoist into a

hole pierced in one of the photos, giving

the exhibit a sense of a dimension.

Other attractions in the museum

include the McCusick tile artwork,

as well as an old linotype, the

machine used to print newspapers

and magazines.

Carnahan is a second generation

Globe-Miami resident. She's been

with Bullion Plaza for the last 14 years,

and offers her own perspective on

the museum.

"We decided to make our museum a

'people museum'," she says.

There is no one story to tell, she

explains. The story of Globe-Miami, and

of Gila County, is a conglomeration of

individual stories.

Each exhibit tells the story of what

it was like to grow up in a small mining

town, which, in those days, wasn't so

small, Sanchez adds.

"We are trying to tell the history of

all the different cultures that came here

from all over the world," he says.

That includes the Irish, the Cornish,

families from Mexico and parts of

South America, black families, the

Slavs, Asians, and of course the Native

Americans who were already here.

Downtown Miami was once a hub

of commerce and a magnet for work,

with groceries, shoe repair shops,

restaurants, the company store and

barber shops.

Many immigrants came to work in

the mines, Sanchez says, while others

opened grocery stores, restaurants

and laundromats, or found work in

the schools and hospitals. The Italians,

great stone masons, came to build

the Roosevelt Dam. Others became

ranchers.

"I don't know how they got word

from half way across the world," he

says. "But we had a need for a little bit

of everything.

Not too long ago a Slavic woman

came to the museum from Oregon,

Carnahan recalls, looking for a photo

of her grandfather. Carnahan left

her to the room to fi nd it. When she

came to check on the woman, the

woman was there crying.

"That's a success story," Carnahan

says, "because we were trying to elicit

that emotion."

"We should celebrate people who

have risen above adversity, the people

who had to get beyond that prejudice

and work together," she adds. "When

people don't understand what being

Slavic is, they can go in and see."

None of this would have been

possible, Foster points out, without

donations of time, money and materials

from: Freeport MacMoRan, Gila

County Board of Supervisors, Wings Like

Eagles Foundation, Arizona Historical

Society, United Fund, RAM Specialists

and Kino Floors.

To add to its trove of stories, currently

the board is planning a Hispanic cultural

exhibit, similar to the Slavic Cultural

Center exhibit.

Next, the board is planning to

expand the museum above and below.

Soon, new exhibits on the former

schools and local service organizations

of the area will be built upstairs.

This will include local unions, which

brought better working conditions to

the mines. Sanchez hopes to develop a

full-fl edged mining exhibit to imitate

how mining was done in the area prior

to the 1950s — underground.

"What is most important is the

fact that we were able to save the

building, because it's a depository

of history for the Globe-Miami

community," Sanchez says. "Beyond

that, we have a place where folks

can relive history."

Bullion Plaza, Continued from page 14

Board members Joe Sanchez and Charlie Snow put a new coat of paint on the entryway.

The Slavic Cultural Exhibit includes authentic dress given to the museum.

16 Summer 2013

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Kelly Byrne, Cyndi Mugridge, Manuel Romero and Kelly Jones serve up a variety of home made ice cream to raise funds for homeless teens in the area. The event raised close to $300.

Out & AboutSolstice Cemetery Tour

June 22Created by Globe Main Street Program

and the Center for the Arts, the cemetery tour attracted over 300 people who bought tickets for the 45-minute tour. Actors in period clothing told the tales of those buried in Globes' fi rst cemetery established in 1878.

Jonelle Brantley gave voice to one of many deaths which were never marked with a gravestone.

Joe Wilson and 'Diablo'Austin Stratton and Bre Webb served as 'way fi nders' for the evening.

Desi Baker as Phineas Clanton points out to the crowd that he was not with his brothers at the OK corral.

Rudy Amador tells the story of a miner who lost his life in the Interloper Fire.

SummerfestJune 29 ~ Downtown Globe

Enjoying fun and games in downtown Globe at the annual wet and wild

Summerfest, hosted by Globe Main Street and a bevy of volunteers.

Ice Cream SocialSt. Joseph's

Episcopal ChurchJune 1

Summer 2013 17The Society Page

Celebrating Rose's 90that Bullion Plaza

June 1

*Photos are available online for purchase at www.pictage.com moffordluncheon. A portion of all sale

proceeds will go to Bullion Plaza Museum. Relay for LifeJune 7-8 ~ Harbison Field, Globe

Thea and Robert Sharette before the event, this was the fi rst year they participated.

Copper Rim Team walked for Deborah Bradford.High Desert Team ready to rock n roll!

The survivors who took the fi rst lap of the evening.

Last First Friday

June 1The First Friday Lecture

series wrapped up the season with a concert on the

steps listening to the Sounds of Miami.

The last event of the First Friday Lecture Series was a concert on the steps of Bullion Plaza by Miami's Big Band Sound, who is Joe Sanchez, Cruz Mendoza, Linda and Keith Guftason, George Sanchez, Troy Porter, Neto Vasquez and Manuel Gonzales.

18 Summer 2013

The Bowie Beer RunFourth of July came this Sunday, and low and behold, there was not a lick of beer in

sight! The Sunday train had not come – that precious car load of beer was still sitting

on the side track at Bowie. Thank goodness for those boys in Globe, they ponied

up the money – enough to pay for a special engine and train crew – to make the

125 mile trip to Bowie and bring beer back to Globe in time for the Fourth.

At 2 o' clock they had wagons waiting on Pine Street for the special delivery.

The minute the car stopped on the tracks the boys unpacked the cases and got them

into the saloons.

They didn't even wait for it to get cold. The Fourth was saved!

[A GMT adaptation of that memorable Fourth of July in Globe, originally written by Clara T. Woody and Milton L. Schwartz in "Globe, Arizona." The actual year this took place was not identifi ed in Woodys' account, although with the reference to wagons we suspect it would have been in the early 1900s. This book and others by local authors can be found at the Gila County Historical Museum and Globe Public Library.]

Summer 2013 19

APACHE GOLD CASINO & RESORTSummer 2013Welcome To

By Jenn Walker

Every year, Apache Gold Casino

gives away money. And lots of it.

Last year, they gave away more

than $30,700.

While it is not just for anyone’s

taking, if you are a nonprofi t

organization or a town or county

agency in the area looking for a boost,

you might just try applying for a

“12D grant” this year.

Thanks to Proposition 202, passed

in 2002, each year Indian tribe is

required to contribute 12 percent of

their annual gaming profi ts to causes

that benefi t the general public, either

by handing the money to the state

or administering it directly to cities,

towns and counties.

The San Carlos Apache tribe

elected to do the latter with Apache

Gold funds, and has been doling

out cash every year since 2006. The

casino, along with representatives

from the San Carlos Apache Council

and the Tribal Gaming Offi ce, gets

to choose recipients from a list of

eligible applicants. Last year there

were 25 applicants, and the year

before there were 41. With all of the

good causes out there, it’s a tough call

deciding who to choose.

“We try to share the wealth,” says

Christabelle Mull, the operations

support director at the casino. Rather

than handing all of the funds over to

one applicant, the committee looks

to divide the funds amongst several,

she explains.

For instance, last year’s grant was

split between Graham County and

the town of Miami. Graham County

received approximately $16,500

to assist low-income homeowners

in need of health and safety home

repairs. The town of Miami received

the remainder, approximately

$14,100, to purchase new radios,

a station computer, and other

updated technology for the Miami

fi re department.

In 2011, more than $39,000 were

split amongst Pinal County, the Globe

Police department, the Globe fi re

department, and Canyon fi re district.

Other recipients in prior years

include Gila Community College,

the Pinal Mountain Youth Football

League, and South Eastern Arizona

Behavioral Health Service.

Back in Graham County, they are

using the 2012 funds to purchase

materials. The funds were passed

directly from the county to the

nonprofi t Helping Hands for

Graham County, a volunteer-run

effort dedicated to making low-

income households safer through

health and safety repairs. If a county

resident does not have the means

to make a repair in their home,

Helping Hands will collect the

materials and volunteers needed to

make the repair. It can take one to

two months, depending on whether

it is a plumbing, septic, electric or

other issue.

As a result, they recently replaced

a water heater that went out for a

man in Bylas, says John Bonefas,

president of the organization. They

replaced the evaporative cooler that

rusted out in an elderly woman’s

home. On another occasion they

fi xed a Bylas woman’s roof. It had

been disintegrating over the years

from the sun, wind and rain.

Globe Fire Department Chief

Al Gameros oversaw the allocation

of the Miami Fire Department’s

funds last year. The town of Miami

has a volunteer fi re department,

so they can use all the help they

can get.

The money was used to

buy fi ve P25 compliant digital

narrowband radios, which are

around $2500 a piece. These

replaced the ‘old style’ radios

they had been using, Gameros

says. The remaining funds

will be used to buy a new

station computer.

In 2011, Globe Fire used the

approximate $13,700 they received

to buy fi ve new sets of turnout gear

– the heavy uniforms fi refi ghters

wear in fi res to protect them from

getting burned. Turnout gear can’t

be used beyond ten years, and theirs

needed replacing.

The Globe Fire Department was

also a recipient in 2008. That year they

bought an ISI 3500, a thermal imaging

camera that allows fi refi ghters to

differentiate temperatures in a

building and identify heat signatures.

“It’s well worth it,” says Deputy

Chief Nick Renon.

“Instead of tearing down a wall,

guessing where the heat is worst, you

can see it,” he explains.

It’s also useful to fi nd people in

a room full of smoke. Because the

camera can pick up different heat

signatures, if someone is laying in a

corner on the fl oor, they will show up

on the camera.

“Any fi re we go to, the camera goes

with us,” Renon says.

That said, there is still enough

time to apply for this year’s grant.

The guidelines to apply are fairly

straightforward:

• The application needs to be in by

this year’s deadline, October 11!

• The funds must go to a city, town

or county.

• The funds must go to a government

service that benefi ts the general

public, i.e. public safety, promotion

of commerce and economic

development, mitigation of the

impacts of gaming, etc.

• You can get the application online.

Once completed, turn it in to the

tribal council secretary via mail, fax

or scan.

The committee considers all

applications based on impact and

meeting the above criteria.

Firefi ghter Kendall Cormack suits up in his turnout gear. Turnout gear, which protects fi refi ghters from thermal burns, can't be used beyond ten years, and the Globe Fire Department was due for replacements. In 2011 department received approximately $13,700 in 12D funds for fi ve new sets of gear.

The Graham County nonprofi t Helping Hands lays shingles down on a home. The safety of the home had been compromised by several bare spots on the roof where water was seeping into the ceiling. The nonprofi t makes safety and health-related repairs on homes below the poverty level throughout the county. Last year they received more than $16,500 in 12D funds to spend on building materials.

Globe Fire Department's ISI 3500, a thermal imaging camera bought with 12D funds. The camera picks up heat signatures; here it picks up a hand print made on the wall seconds before.

APACHE GOLDPAYS IT FORWARDCasino gives money away to the community

APACHE GOLDPAYS IT FORWARD

20 Summer 2013

Tournament Raises Money For Scholarships

On June 1, the Apache Stronghold Golf Course hosted the 9th Annual

Scholarship Golf Tournament for the Gila Valley Section of the Society for

Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME). The tournament raised over

$7,000 which will be used to provide scholarships for local high school

students interested in pursuing degrees in the fi elds of mining and

engineering. One hundred fi fty-nine golfers on forty teams participated

in the tournament which consisted of a four-person scramble, an

on-course lunch, and a putting contest followed by a banquet and

awards ceremony at the Apache Gold Casino conference center.

The fi rst place team, with a score of 58, consisted of Jeff Masterson,

Tim Towers, Ray Vega and Sam Roose. Second place, also with a score

of 58, went to the team of Will Brown, James Seballos, Brandon Martin

and Pat McNew. Third place, with a score of 59, went to Garret

Hoisington, Bart Hoisington and Andy Mack.

80 Tons of sand wait on the pavement behind the Casino. The sand will be used to rebuild the bunkers on the course this summer.

For current listings go to

www.apache-gold-casino.

com/jobs.html and

download a job application.

Catch us on the RadioWe are proud to announce that you can catch us on the new San Carlos

radio station : KYQY 91.1 every week from 6-7pm when General Manager,

Gary Murrey is on live. The project to build a radio station was begun by the

Tribe in 2009 when they received FCC approval. Construction was completed

earlier this year and the new station went live on the air last month.

Job Openings!Find out more about Job Openings at Apache Gold and join

our Award Winning Team for your future career.

Enjoy great benefi ts including:

Medical • DentalVision • Free Life insurance

Paid Time off and more

Rocking CelebrationPlanned for Independence Day

By Linda Gross

Nobody does live music and BIG entertainment venues better than

the Apache Gold Casino, and this Independence Day they are pulling

out all the stops to bring you the local community a big day of live

music, summer fun and Independence Day celebration.

All of it is free.

“This is the fi rst year we have developed a day long schedule of

events and entertainment for the community instead of just our

fi reworks show in the evening,” says General Manager, Gary Murrey.

“We do a lot of concerts throughout the year and other paid events

which not everyone can attend, so we wanted to design something that

everyone in the community could come to. So we are making the whole

day is free. From the opening act at noon to the concert-after-the-

fi reworks by country superstar, John Michael Montgomery, the events

and entertainment throughout the day are FREE.

It’s a way we can give back to the community and say thank you to

our customers and the community, says Murrey.

The day will include performances by four well known bands

including Bo Titla playing folk music at 12:30 p.m. followed by

Clairvoyant playing Reggae at 2:00 p.m. and local favorite, Greywolf,

performing classic rock & country from 4:00-5:00 p.m.

At 6:30 The Tommy Ash Band will take the stage. The band who was

in San Carlos to open for the Tracy Lawrence Concert last November

(and more recently for Dwight Yoakam,) have gained fans wherever

they go.

The Phoenix New Times says of the band “The Tommy Ash Band

draws on enough modern sass and classic freight train beats to appeal

to fans of both traditional and new country.”

Closing out the evening is nationally known recording artist (Over

18 million records sold, 36 top ten hits...and the list goes on!) John

Michael Montgomery who will perform right after the fi reworks display

from 9:30 to 10:45 p.m.

The day kicks off at NOON when the waterslides open and a hot dog

and pie eating contest will determine who has the fastest sweet tooth in

the West! Later a chili stew and fry bread cook off will attract both cooks

and tasters with the judging to take place at 5pm.

And of course, we can’t forget the fi reworks display which will

launch at 9 p.m.! So please mark your calendar and let us entertain you

this Independence Day!

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Services60’s Motors867 E Ash St Globe928-425-9228Complete Automotive Services

Brockert’s Plumbing654 Ash St Globe928-425-5451Full-service plumbing

Gila Pueblo CampusAcademy of Cosmetology928-425-8849

Globe Gym201 W Ash Globe928-425-9304Complete Fitness Center

Golden Hills Nursery5444 E Golden Hills Road Globe928-425-6004Everything for yard and garden

Matlock Gas1209 Jess Hayes Rd Globe928-425-5521Propane Gas

McSpadden Ford 705 N Broad St Globe928-425-3157Sales, Service & Parts

Miles Funeral Home309 W Live Oak Miami928-473-4496Funeral Services

MLH Computer Services390 N Broad St Globe928-425-3252Computer Svcs, Offi ce Supplies

Oasis Printing399 N Broad St Globe928-425-8454Printing & Fed-Ex Center

Pinal Lumber & Hardware1780 E Ash St Globe928-425-5716

Rodriguez Constructions Inc.547 S. East St. Globe928-425-7244Residential & Commercial Contractor Western Reprographics375 S Sutherland Globe928-425-0772Signs, Banners, Custom Embroidery

HealthcareCanyon Lands Healthcare5860 So Hospital Dr., te 102 Globe928-402-0491Federally Qualifi ed Health Center

Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center5880 So Hospital Dr. Globe928-425-3261

Copper Communities Hospice136 So Broad St Globe928-425-5400Caring for end of life

Copper Mountain Inn1100 Monroe St Globe928-425-5721Skilled Nursing in a home-like atmosphere

Desert Oasis Wellness Center138 S Broad St Globe928-425-3207Chiropractic, Acupuncture & Wellness

Dr. Robison5882 S Hospital Dr Ste 2 Globe928-425-3338Podiatrist

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Summer 2013 21By Linda Gross

Apache Gold Casino rocked the house this year

in Relay for Life, not only raising the most money

individually and as a team for the American Cancer

Society, but also contributing to its overall success

of the event by hosting the kick off event in May,

underwriting a two-month billboard promotion,

providing the BIG stage and bringing in new

sponsors, Shamrock and Swire Coca-Cola.

In addition, general manager, Gary Murrey

stepped up as master of ceremonies, which is no

small feat considering whoever has the job has to

be ‘on’ from the 6 p.m. kick off on Friday evening to

the fi nal lap at 7a.m. on Saturday morning.

According to Gail Lennox, chairperson for the

relay, the local chapter is expected to bring in close

to $60,000 and TEAM Apache Gold led the way

raising the most money and having the top two

individual fund raisers. The Casino donated $5000

to Relay and Apache Gold’s own director of gaming,

Linda Michels whose daughter Rikki Gentry was

diagnosed with cancer just months ago raised

$1,105. Murrey was close behind with $1,110 raised.

The day of the event saw a sea of red shirts

on the fi eld from team Apache Gold with more

than 70 people attending the opening ceremonies

in bright red shirts emblazoned with the names of

those fi ghting cancer and those who have been lost

to the disease.

In a moving show of support the Apache Gold

team took to the track after the survivors walk.

Spreading out and holding hands, they participated

in The Unity Lap, showing their support as

‘the AGCR family’ for the many who have been

touched by cancer.

“We want to show our support for this event

and the American Cancer Society,” said Murrey.

“There is a lot of cancer among the tribe

and we want to get the attention of both the

American Cancer Society and the Apache

Community in order to bring awareness of the

programs available to community members and

encourage ACS to provide more programs to

the Reservation.

A Show of UnityA Show of Unity

Danny Michels holds up one of the T-Shirts designed by the Apache Gold team for the event. The shirt included names of Apache Gold employees and family members affected by cancer.

Rob Eastlick, Gary Murrey, and Danny Michels at the start of Relay for Life.

The Apache Gold family raised nearly $8,000 for the event this year including a $5,000 check from the casino and an additional $2,700 from individuals.

Danny Michels congratulates chairwoman Gail Lennox for a great turn out to this years' event.

Gail Lennox recognizes individuals who raised over $1,000 each for Relay.

Marie Brantley-Gregg took the stage to sing the National Anthem.

Over 70 people from Team Apache Gold participated in the "Unity Lap"

22 Summer 2013

Summer 2013 23

By Jenn Walker

A Gila County Sheriff once said, “Globe was the wildest, wooliest place

that it was ever my good fortune to see.”

Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to spend a day in

the boots of a sheriff ‘back in the day’? We have, too; that’s why we started a

Facebook series several months ago called, “History of Law and Order”. We

began tracing the stories of Gila County’s earliest sheriffs, starting with WM

Lowther, who served from 1881 to 1882.

Since then, we’ve taken our readers back to the days when prisoners dug their

way out of confi nement from beneath the adobe walls of the jail, and Black Jack and

Bronco Bill gangs robbed trains and banks.

We recovered the story of former

Sheriff Alf Edwards, who drove a

convict through saguaro, ocatilla,

cholla “and every other known

kind of cactus” in his Studebaker,

outsmarting a 500-man ambush to

get him to a fair trial safely. Those

were the days when Edwards would

spend days at a time roaming rural

Gila County in his Studebaker to

catch crooks.

Want to read more about law and

order in the Wild West? Then make

sure you follow our Facebook page

at facebook.com/globemiamitimes,

where we post our “History of Law

and Order” series every Friday.

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Photograph of Frank Haynes, Gila County Sheriff from 1913 to 1916

24 Summer 2013

By Linda Gross

When you visit our

website these days you will

notice a lot has changed.

The colors, the content,

the navigation, the features

and the feel of our previous

sites (GMTeconnect and GMTnewsnview, which we have

maintained since 2009) have all been remapped and

incorporated into one new design.

Now there is one one site for all the content and creative

fun you associate with us: GlobeMiamiTimes.com.

The new site includes a wider range of content

than what we cover in our quarterly print publication,

such as local coverage of issues and events, as well

as guest columns, op-eds and a press room for

announcements and crime reports. (If you are interested

in being a guest or op-ed columnist for us, please contact

editor@globemiamitimes.com.)

We also have a new “letters to the editor” feature,

where our readers can submit letters online that, if

approved, show up on our website within 48 hours of

submission. And once a letter appears on the site, anyone

can comment. It’s a great way to keep the conversations

a-fl owing! Just as we are headed to press we have invited

readers to share their personal take on “what it means

to be American”. Want to share yours? We would love to

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Summer 2013 25

Globe Unifi ed School District Welcomes YouHome of the Tigers

My mother’s generation born

in the ‘20s and schooled through

the ‘30s and ‘40s grew up on the

Bobbs- Merrill Readers, which were

textbooks used by a large number

of school districts at the time. They

taught more than reading and

writing. Every lesson included a

take-away on being a good citizen.

It asked students to think how the

lessons of the classroom applied

to their own lives and that of the

community. Social responsibility

was considered a cornerstone of

an education.

And then something happened

along the way. Teaching to the

test happened. AIMS (Arizona’s

Instrument to Measure Standards)

happened. And citizenship became

an elective.

The emphasis on testing

was seen for a time as progress

which would lead to excellence.

It hasn’t necessarily worked out

that way. Instead we seem to be

struggling with a break down of

common civility and good manners,

which seem to also be treated as

an ‘elective.’ Yet without a social

contract – it is hard for learning to

take place.

The Globe Unifi ed School

District is betting big on this return

to basics and recently hired The

Flippen Group to bring a district-

wide approach to education called

“Capturing Hearts.” The program

has been gaining ground and

receiving kudos from those school

districts who have implemented

the program.

This July nearly 250 educators

and district personnel went

through the three-day training,

which emphasizes relationships

built on respect and mutual goals

between students and teachers.

This fall students will be asked to

sign contracts with teachers which

hold both teacher and student

accountable for achieving success

in the classroom.

School Board President, Jacque

Griffi n says the board gave the go-

ahead on the $80,000 investment

because it promises to usher in

a solid foundation of consistent

expectations, levels of accountability

and social skills which lead to a more

productive learning environment

for all.

“This is a long term investment

and a cultural shift at school,”

she says.

“When you come to school it

is about business. We want you to

learn. We’ll help you to learn. We

understand that educating our kids

is best for everyone. But if my kid is

disrupting it’s not helping him, or

the teacher or the other kids.”

“Right now we have

consequences.” she continues. “But

they are at the extreme end.”

She cites the recent example of

the math teacher and coach of 28

years in Mesa who was recently put

up on charges of assault when two

teens were sticking their fi ngers

in his face and taunting him. He

slapped one of the kids.

Griffi n says that incident should

never have gotten that far. The goal

is to not get to that point, and those

lessons have to start early. These

re social life skills. How to handle

problems before they escalate.

How to give your word and follow

through. How to show respect to

another even if you disagree.

The new program will help

students construct this “social

contract” in each of their classrooms.

The students will ‘sign on’ to

that contract which spells out how

they will treat others and want to

be treated. They will be displayed in

the classrooms.

Griffi n says that the school

wants to raise kids that are socially

responsible; who have the education

and social skills to understand

appropriate behaviors so that they

are employable.

School district superintendent

Jerry Jennex believes the effort

to raise the bar and teach social

responsibility and good citizenship,

involves not just the students and

teachers and administrators of

GUSD, but parents and community

members. That is why, as part of

the new program, GUSD will also

be hosting a half day seminar for

parents and the community on

Thursday, July 25th in the High

Desert Middle School Auditorium

entitled, “Building Champions."

The seminar focuses on the role

parents and community members

play in education. The District is

underwriting the cost and hoping

for a strong turn out for the four hour

program. GUSD Superintendent

Jerry Jennex encourages those who

care about building a better learning

environment for kids to attend. The

tools taught are designed not just to

help the school district and it’s kids

succeed, but provide coping and

management tools which can be

used in the workplace or at home

to bring about better results in

diffi cult times.

You’ve heard the saying

before, “It takes a village to raise

a child.” Everyone needs to be

involved,” says Jennex. And GUSD

has embarked on an ambitious

program to make education

everyone’s job, from the janitors to

the students themselve, and from

teachers and local business people.

It was this way once at GUSD. Just

ask the Alumni.

And it all begins this fall.

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving

your community and world better than

you found it.”

GUSD ReturnsTo Basics

GUSD ReturnsTo Basics

With District-wide Program “Capturing Hearts”

By Linda Gross

26 Summer 2013

First class of graduates from Globe High School was composed of all girls and was held at Central School.

The Old Dominion Mine closes. 91 jobs are lost and the school district faces severe cutbacks. Several schools in the district are closed and the 1931-32 school yearbook is not published.

1910

First volume of the Papoose Yearbook published. It was published continuously except in 1918 (WWI and the Spanish Flu) and 1932 (Depression). The name was changed to the Wigwam in 1926 and remains the Wigwam today.

1913

1914 Construction of a new high school began. At the time it held about 250 students from 7th thru 12th grades.

1921The school mascot

became the Tiger. It has been portrayed in various

renditions through the years. This one can be seen on the wall of the

gymnasium today.

Coached by one of the most influential coaches in school history, Parke Vickery, Globe wins the state tournament in basketball. At the time there were no divisions. All schools competed in the tournament from small to large schools.

1922

1931

Centennial Committee Makes

Plans for 100th Anniversary

2014 will mark the 100th anniversary of the dedication of Globe High School and the GHS Alumni Association. In cooperation with GHS administration, faculty and student body, the City of Globe and the Globe-Miami Chamber of Commerce is planning an anniversary celebration to take place in September 2014.

The building initially served 250 students grades 7th-12th when it was fi rst dedicated in 1914. Today Globe High School serves over 1,600 students.

The Centennial Committee is hard at work planning a week-long series of events next September to celebrate the school's 100th Anniversary which will include:

• A semi-formal Centennial Ball with a crowning of a king and queen (and of course a dance card!)

• A century of popular Music programs: Bringing in bands including jazz, swing and country western, rock-n-roll... all the way to punk rock, disco and hip hop.

• A street party and dance on Oak Street.

• Current GHS students will dedicate a time capsule to be uncovered in the next 100 years.

• A musical event of the GHS Sing It Again Chorus and GHS Players.

NOTE: If you would like to schedule an event during the Centennial, please be sure to fi ll out an application by August 5. Applications are available on our Facebook page or through the GHS Centennial Committee. Graduating classes throughout the years are welcome to organize their reunions during this week.

If you wish to make a donation to

the Centennial Celebration, please make your check payable to the GHS Alumni Association. Indicate "Centennial" in the memo area and mail to 1152 E. Blazer Drive, Globe, Arizona 85501. For further information contact Eloise Price, Centennial Committee Chairperson at 425-8587 or Darlene Medina, GHSAA Chairperson, at 473-1490. Join us on Facebook: search Globe High School Centennial.

GHS Through the Ages

School colors were officially designated as black & orange

1916

Summer 2013 27

The war years were reflected in the yearbooks with names like the Ground Crew, Radio Men, and Sailorettes. GHS star athlete Rose Mofford plays for the Cantaloupe Queens in Madison Square Garden.

1947

1942-1945

Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company makes an actual copper kettle to be given to the winner of the Globe Miami football rivalry. The tradition though dates back to 1923 The rivalry stands today at 50 wins for Globe/ 3 ties.

1961Don Decker, choir director, produces four exceptional Broadway Musicals with GHS students which include Lil’ Abner starring Brian Bunny as Abner and Melouise Cline as Daisy.

1978District purchases land from the BLM at a cost of $2.50 per acre, which is developed into Copper Rim Elementary and Harbison Track.

James Lopez, Marine Sergeant returned from 444 days of captivity in the Iran where he was taken hostage. He was a ’76 graduate and had just been assigned to guard the American Embassy in Teheran, Iran when it was over run by Iranian students.

1931 "G" Hill was established and future classes of freshman, like this one, were tasked with repainting it each year.

1964“...The year of the band. For the tenth year in a row the GHS Band received a superior rating at the University of Arizona. They were the sole Class A Band to receive straight ones from all the judges in the marching competition. On December 13th this band played before a gigantic crowd for a Rams-Packers NFL game. The pre-game and halftime shows gave much national publicity to Gila County and Globe High School...”

1981

2009 Jim and Nancy Phillips, along with others established the Globe High School Alumni Association.

28 Summer 2013

Inspired Learning Academy Comes to GUSD? Discussions are underway and the Board votes July 10th

By Linda Gross

When the Inspired Learning

Academy announced it was closing

you could hear a collective gasp from

parents who felt they were being set

adrift on the educational landscape

once again after fi nding their

niche in this creative charter school

which began in 2009 after Holy

Angels closed.

According to local education

advocate, Debbie Leverance, ILA

began in 2010 as a group of families

and educators who wanted to provide

an education alternative in the Globe

area. They soon outgrew the

old Tuffy Tiger which was

their original home. The

learning community entered

into a partnership with

Arizona Virtual Academy

and expanded, with younger

students housed in Tuffy

Tiger and upper grades

moving to the building

at Broad and Ash. After

extended negotiations,

the group was moved to the

old Holy Angels campus at the

top of Cedar Street. Now, in

the summer of 2013, the families

of ILA are searching for a new

partnership and a new home...

With the AZVA / ILA partnership

dissolved and faced with no charter

of its own, it looked like the school

may close for good. That is when

Carrie Guerena, site director and

the glue holding ILA together, got

a call from GUSD Superintendent,

Jerry Jennex, who reached out and

asked her to consider an idea. “We

have unused space at High Desert

Middle School,” he said. “I know

some people have some problems

with the location but just come and

take a look,” he said.

They did and Guerena says she

and others were pleased with what

they saw. It could work she said and

so she reached out to 98% of her

families and most of them indicated

they were all ready to sign on if they

could keep the ILA going by taking a

leap of faith and going with Jennex’s

proposal. The details are still being

worked out and the GUSD School

Board has to vote on the whole thing

in early July, but things seem to be

moving forward.

It is being called a school-within-

a-school which will be separate and

autonomous from the way the larger

public school is operated. It will

plan and run its own program and

have its’ own staff and students. It

will receive a separate budget and

will negotiate the use of common

space like the gym, auditorium and

playground with High Desert.

Guerena herself says she will

consult with Jennex and the Board

to help make the transition, but

currently doesn’t plan on taking a

role with the new school.

“There is so much that can be

done with this type of blended

learning,” says Debbie Leverance,

who is excited about the potential it

brings to local education and choice.

She goes on to explain how there

are some effective and fi nancially

feasible blended learning programs

available that offer placement

testing, along with both teacher-

led and individualized online

instruction components. These tools

are adaptable, allowing teachers to

tailor individual, small group and

whole group learning in multi-age

classrooms. The proposed blended

learning model stresses that students

will be expected to apply what

they are learning in novel, exciting

ways. It is about acknowledging and

working with student learning

differences and providing

the tools for both teachers

and kids to work as a team.

The school will balance

the best of online learning

with the best of project

based learning with a

community focus.

Working under the

umbrella of the Globe

School District, ILA

hopes to continue as

an innovative education

model combining

online activities and the support

of face-to-face instruction in a

traditional learning community

for kindergarten through 8th grade

students. If the school board gives

the green light for this project,

there will be challenges. Classes will

begin shortly, qualifi ed, enthusiastic

teachers and support staff need to

be in place, logistics organized and

classrooms prepared. Common use

of certain facilities, maintenance,

transportation and scheduling need

to be arranged with the district and

High Desert Middle School. All the

preparation for a new school year

will be faced in a short time span.

But, if the history of the ILA school

community is any indication,

families will show their commitment

and make it happen.

For more information please

call Carrie Guerena at 928-200-0491

or the GUSD offi ce. Stay informed

or message the school through its

Facebook page – Inspired Learning

Academy (https://www.facebook.

com/K12atILA)

Building Champions Event at High Desert Middle School

Thursday, July 25th • 12:30-4 p.m. Learn personal and team building skills to apply in your personal and

business life and with your children. Sponsored workshop, paid for by

the District and free to parents and community members. Limit 250

participants. Please call Marcy at the district offi ce (402-6011) to RSVP

and reserve your spot!

Summer 2013 29

Demolition Derbies let drivers do

things in public that they might get

in trouble for otherwise says derby

competitor Forrest Waggoner. “The key

to winning boils down to how far you’re

willing to go - how far you can push the

envelope and what you do to prepare

your car for competition.”

This fall the Gila County Fair will host

their second Demolition Derby this year

thanks to the overwhelming success of

last years event. Although it was not well

publicized last year, the Derby event still

ended up being the top draw to the Fair

in 2012, bringing in over 2000 people on

Saturday night.

Waggoner who recently moved

to Globe from Payson where he was

well known on the track for his crowd

pleasing antics, says to expect a better

track this year.

Both the Fair committee as well

as the derby drivers themselves are

working together to make the track

better for both spectators and drivers.

And both hope to attract for entries

and spectators.

When it comes to being a derby

contestant it is common knowledge

that anything that isn’t in the rule books

means you can try it. And most drivers

will push the limit on this.

“You might get called on it (your

modifi cation), says Waggoner, “and then

it’s up to the other drivers to decide

whether or not they will allow it.”

“But it will probably show up as rule

number 124 next year!”

Favorite Derby vehicles come from

the ‘60s and ‘70s which were known

for larger, heavier and more robust

frames than later versions. In fact, the

‘64-66 Chrysler Imperial is said to have

“achieved near-legendary status for its

crashworthiness and is still banned from

most derby events.” Pickup trucks and

SUVs used to be rare in Derby events but

have become popular lately and it’s the

trucks which reign in the Gila County

Fair Derby.

If all that ramming and bumper-

grinding seems dangerous that’s

because it is, which is which is why

drivers are required to sign waivers

releasing promoters from liability. Safety

rules are put in place to mitigate damage

to the driver like removing all the glass

and from the vehicle and making it

illegal to ram the driver’s side door. In

addition drivers have their own tricks to

stay in the game and while few will tell

you what these are they include some

standards like stocking parts you know

are going to get broken, and pre-denting

the frames which increase the overall

strength of the vehicle to take hits.

Once on the fi eld, the success is really

in the hands of the driver- how smart he

is in damaging his opponent’s vehicle

while keeping his vehicle safe from harm,

how well he knows what his vehicle

can take, and how aggressive he can be

without committing a fatal move.

A tactic known as sandbagging –

hanging back to let other drivers take

each other out and then rush in at the

end - is seldom successful. Once other

drivers realize this is happening they go

after the sandbagger.

Although Waggoner has never won

fi rst prize at these derbies, he has taken

home the award for being the ‘Crowd

Favorite’ and the ‘Most Aggressive

Driver’ for his antics.

The Demolition Derby will begin at

six p.m. on Saturday night. Tickets are

$5 per person at the gate, or $10 per

carload if you pre-pay and get your gate

tickets before September 18th at the

Chamber of Commerce. You may also

get discounted Carnival tickets from

the Chamber.

PLUS! This year, if you don’t

want to swing by the Chamber, you

can now buy pre-paid gate tickets

on line at Eventbrite. See gilacountyfair.

eventbrite.com. There is a small

courtesy fee added to the online

tickets. Cut off date for purchasing

online tickets is September 1 and the

Fair Committee will mail you your

gate tickets.

For more details of

all Fair Events look for

this QR code or go to

www.gilacountyfair.com.

Gila County Fair Hosts DEMOLITION DERBY

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Summer 2013 31

Pinal Mountain Little League has

been a fi xture in the Globe-Miami

community for over 60 years. Every year

from March through June, hundreds of

local kids from ages fi ve through 12 don

brightly colored uniforms bearing the

names of their local business sponsors

and join in the tradition.

This year the league; which

includes co-ed T-ball and coach pitch

divisions, as well as minor and major

divisions for both baseball and softball;

saw close to 500 kids playing on its

fi elds. On any given evening during

those months, the Little League fi elds,

nestled between the Wal-Mart lot and

Claypool United Methodist Church,

were home to multiple games.

The fi rst teams of kids would begin

to warm up while the sun was still

out, and the last ones would fi nish up

well after the sky grew dark. Parents,

grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings,

and cousins alike would fi nd their spots

in the bleachers once games started.

Those with trucks would angle for

shaded spots around the outfi eld and

settle into their truck beds or camping

chairs to root for their players.

Teens meandered about the

complex with their friends. Little ones

squealed as they toddled around,

some chasing each other wildly and

others climbing the bleachers or

trees around the fi eld. Some savvy

families brought playpens and toys to

occupy their younger kids. Old friends

visited with each other and caught

up on local news and gossip as they

watched the game.

On the softball fi eld, singsongy

chants carried on the gentle breeze, as

the girls supported their teammates

from the dugouts and cheered the

satisfying clang of the bat connecting

with the ball.

As the sky turned midnight blue,

the stadium lights illuminated the

fi eld, lending the games an aura

of secret importance. Businesses

around town may have been

closing up shop, but business on the

fi eld would continue.

On the sidelines, parents and

grandparents sat engrossed in

the games, perhaps munching on

sunfl ower seeds as they watched and

throwing out encouragements and

advice for their kids and other players.

“Just like you’re playing catch,

son!” one mother exhorted towards

the pitcher’s mound. Her son seemed

Little League, Continued on page 32

PINAL MOUNTAIN LITTLE LEAGUEStory by Jessica Doong | Photos by LCGross

32 Summer 2013

nervous at fi rst, but he remained

extremely focused, got into a groove,

and became nearly unstoppable as the

game went on. His proud grandmother

recounted how the family discovered

the strength of his arm when he was

throwing Nerf balls as a kid.

For many families Little League

is a serious affair. It may be a family

tradition, like it is for board president

Wes Sukosky’s boys. Sukosky grew

up playing on the same fi elds his son

Jonathan played on before moving

onto junior high and now high school

ball with the Globe Tigers. His younger

son Jake carries on the tradition.

Stories like this are common

in the area – coaches who were

coached by their own dads in

the same league, coaches who

stuck around to coach both their sons

and grandsons, spectators who used to

coach, and the like.

Sukosky explained how the league

has changed in recent years, making

the switch from 12-game seasons

to 20+ games per season to give the

kids more practice for district and

state playoffs.

Some kids thrive on the competitive

nature of the league, aspiring to play at

the college and even professional levels

one day. They look up to the handful

of local-grown players like Dave

Stapleton, Don Lee, and most recently

Brady Wager, who got drafted in the

9th round by the Baltimore Orioles last

year and has quickly worked his way

up to their A Advanced team, the

Frederick Keys.

Sukosky made it clear that that

kind of ambition requires a great deal

of sacrifi ce and commitment on the

part of the parents and kids alike. But

that’s something many Pinal Mountain

families seem to be familiar with.

“We pretty much eat, live, and

breathe baseball and softball from

March through July,” said Chastity

Van Buskirk, who has three kids in the

league and was an assistant coach for

her daughter’s team and now for the

11/12 softball All-Star team this year.

For some families, being at

practices and games nearly every night

can be trying, especially when they

sense unfair treatment by coaches.

One family complained about how

demoralizing it was for kids on their

team when the coaches seemed to give

more playing time to kids who were

not attending practices than to those

who did.

Others had choice comments about

the coaching styles of various coaches,

particularly in the majors, who they

felt yelled too much, argued too

much with umpires, or engaged in

too much fi nger pointing and not

enough positive reinforcement.

On the other hand, parents also

expressed gratitude that their kids had

an opportunity to be active and social,

learn good sportsmanship, improve

their skills, and have fun.

It’s clear that differences in values

and perspective are a common source

of confl ict when it comes to coaching

styles, and managing all the different

voices is no easy task. Sukosky described

how hard the board works to give the

kids a memorable experience and to

keep all involved parties happy. These

volunteers begin attending meetings

across the state as early as October, and

once the season starts they expect to

be at the fi elds every weekday evening.

Board members, some of the coaches,

and other volunteers often spend

weekends painting and helping to

maintain the fi elds. He implored those

with complaints to fi ll out volunteer

applications at the concession stand

and help be part of the solution.

Sukosky is grateful for the band

of committed people he’s worked

with for the past fi ve years and

credited them with much of the

league’s success. He shared stories

about Sandy Rodriguez (vice president)

working tirelessly at the concession

stand, Darryl Dalley (equipment

manager) driving all around the Valley

picking up equipment donations,

and Jenica Wager (treasurer)

being “the girl who is pretty much

behind everything.”

The recent additions of County

Attorney Brad Beauchamp as player

agent and Brandon Powell as coaching

coordinator have been a huge help

to Sukosky. Likewise, the installation

of Frank Grice as vice president of

softball operations has been integral

in addressing the concern of unfair

treatment towards the girls in

the league.

Though there are still complaints,

some softball families have noticed an

improvement over this past season.

Sukosky admitted that the softball fi eld

needs quite a bit of work, and he said

that is a priority for the board. They

have already done a good amount of

painting, are putting in new sprinklers

and working on improving the grass,

and will need to raise money ($12,000)

to replace the fence.

One softball coach also mentioned

a recent concern over the dip at home

plate that has caused multiple injuries,

most notably a bad leg break.

Little League, Continued from page 31

Little League, Continued on page 33

Summer 2013 33

Of course, as Sukosky noted, none

of these issues can be addressed

without contributions of time or

money. “If I had to keep the lights on

myself, the lights would be out right

now,” he said, pointing to the fi eld

lights, which are paid for by the county.

Sukosky expressed gratitude to all

of the organizations and individuals

in the community without whom

Pinal Mountain Little League would

not be possible.

He also credited his team with

being proactive in soliciting donations,

especially in light of the February fi re

that forced them to tear down the

old concession stand/club house.

Thanks to the material and fi nancial

contributions from the likes of the

Arizona Diamondbacks, Freeport-

McMoRan, BHP, APS, Mid-State Pipe &

Supply, Pinal Lumber, Ace Hardware,

Rodriguez Roofi ng, other Little

Leagues, and Wal-Mart, the league is

primed to rebuild the structure on its

old foundation.

The new version will feature

equipment storage downstairs

and a conference room and

announcer’s booth upstairs. It is slated

for completion by July 15, so Pinal

Mountain Little League can represent

the community well when state

playoffs for 9- and 10-year-olds start

here on July 16.

In the meantime, though the regular

season concluded on June 17 with a

celebratory closing ceremony, the All-

Star team s are already hard at work.

All-Star teams are composed of the best

players from each team, as nominated

and voted on by all the coaches. On the

boys’ side, there is a 9- and 10-year-olds

team, a 10- and 11-year-olds team, and

an 11- and 12-year-olds team. The girls

have a 9/10 team and an 11/12 team.

These teams began practicing

right after the regular season ended,

sometimes twice a day, in preparation

for the district tournament, which

began at locations across District 11 on

June 28. (The boys’ 10/11 team and all

the girls play in Globe, while the boys’

11/12 team travels between Hayden

and Duncan and the boys’ 9/10 team

between Kearny and Morenci.) The

locations for the district championships

are yet to be determined.

If Pinal Mountain’s teams do as well

as expected at the district level, the girls

will advance to state playoffs in Tuscon

(11/12) and Flagstaff (9/10), while the

boys will do so in Mesa (11/12), Gilbert

(10/11), and right here in Globe (9/10).

All of the teams at the boys’ 9/10

level from all 14 of Arizona’s Little

League districts will convene to do

battle at Pinal Mountain Little League

fi elds July 16 through July 25, which

means there will be a huge infl ux of

visitors to Globe-Miami during those

dates. Guayos on the Trail will be

selling burros at the fi elds, but an event

of this size can prove to be a lucrative

opportunity for other businesses in the

community as well.

Little League, Continued from page 32"As a team sport which includes a community of players, parents, coaches and spectators, Little League softball can bring out the best and sometimes the worst

of people as anyone knows who has been at a Little League game. We'd like to take this opportunity to say that whether kids are starters or advance to All Stars or

play at State, every kid who played this Spring contributed to the game, the team and the League. And for that we say congratulations to each of you. Well played!"

– GlobeMiamiTimes

34 Summer 2013

By Tara Celentan

Throughout the hot season, there is at least one outdoor activity in

Globe you can count on to heighten your spirits!

Sprawled on the front lawn of the downtown Globe Municipal

Building, Globe-Miami Farmers' Market vendors show up

early on Saturday mornings, hug and catch up while they

erect their tents and tables and set up their displays.

Market manager Holly Brantley rings the handheld bell at

8 a.m., and customers who have arrived early are fi nally able

to make their purchases after greeting their most cherished

vendors and scouting out specialty items.

The regulars know the drill. Well into its third season, the

market is still going strong, hosting city space for three hours

at the end of every week for members of the community to

shop, relax, connect with one another and let their kids play.

The items vendors cart to the market range from produce

to baked goods, homemade soaps and spices to jean purses. It is the only place within Globe-Miami city

limits that customers can be assured they are buying local produce and they have the chance to get to know

their farmers and producers, and gain cooking advice. “Market kids” are even allotted their very own table and

chaperone, and shoppers enjoy live music while they weave through the different booths.

It is as if this small square of city property transforms into a happiness haven every Saturday morning for

the duration of the summer; and at 11 a.m., when Holly rings the closing bell, we look forward to next week.

Please join us every Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. until October 5th: 150 N Pine St. Globe, AZ 85501.

The Senses

Farmers' MarketDelightsMarket manager, Holly Brantley rings the bell at 8am signaling the start of the market.

Summer 2013 35

Amongst other things, Piccoli

devoted himself to renovating the

church, I was later told. A carpenter by

nature, Gino was constantly building

and repairing.

“There had been nothing done

since the early 1900s,” says Piccoli’s

brother Richard. “Everything you see in

the church, he did.”

Piccoli and his two siblings hailed

from Chicago, where he was born

in 1940. His family later relocated to

Arizona. At age 13, he told his parents he

was going to Santa Barbara to become a

priest, and he left home. As promised,

he was ordained a Franciscan priest

by 1965. He came to the Diocese of

Tucson in June 1997, following

assignments as close as California and

as far as Guatemala.

He also traveled to Japan and Peru.

Then he came to serve at San Carlos.

“He was a very devoted

priest,” Richard says of his brother.

“He wanted to live like St. Francis, for

the poor.”

He was eager to help people,

Lorena Denver recalls. Denver spent

years working as an accountant at the

church alongside Piccoli. Whenever

someone from the tribe came to

him asking for help, whether it was

to buy gas, groceries, Pampers or an

electric bill, he wrote checks from his

personal account.

As he became familiar with San

Carlos and its residents, Piccoli began

to incorporate Apache traditions into

Mass, and restructure the church to

represent Apache culture.

He changed the church with the

seasons, used feathers and yellow

pollen to bless the bread, burned cedar

leaves, and arranged the chairs in a

circle facing each other.

He encouraged members to say the

name of the Father in Apache, which

Denver could never get the hang of. He

even started using an Apache drum,

she remembers.

Piccoli’s efforts to reinforce Apache

tradition through the church did

not sit well with everyone, and some

churchgoers began to leave to attend

other churches in Globe or Miami.

“I was alright with it, I thought it was

good,” Denver says. “He told us that this

was our culture, our tradition, that we

should pray in our own language.”

He also painted Mary and Jesus in

the ‘Apache way’.

“He was trying to show us we can

worship Jesus in our own image,”

Denver says. “I thought that was neat.”

In addition to making

transformative changes throughout the

church, he was constantly repairing. He

covered the exposed ceiling. He redid

the kitchen and the hall.

Father Gino, Continued from page 1

"When I fi rst came here and to some extent even today, the Apaches said they cannot

mix the Catholic Church, or any church for that matter, with their culture and life.

One Apache told me that 'When I'm in church, I'm Catholic, when I'm outside the church, I'm Apache.' Man Apaches here feel that you

cannot be Apache and be Catholic at the same time because that is what they were taught in the past. But I tell them that following Jesus is a WAY OF LIFE not just random religious ceremonies."

– Father Gino

Father Gino showing a painting done by a priest-artist by the name of Giuliani. He copied the picture and painted a red Apache headband on it and framed it. It now is hung on the podium from which he gave his sermons every Sunday.

Father Gino, Continued on page 37

36 Summer 2013

The year was 1904 and S.M. Barrett

was acting as an interpreter between

English and Spanish. Geronimo took

a liking to him after Barrett confi ded

that he had once been wounded by a

Mexican. Geronimo, whose family had

been killed by Mexican soldiers when

he was barely twenty, maintained his

hatred of Mexicans his entire life.

The two struck up a friendship and

Geronimo suggested to Barrett that “

if he would pay him and if the offi cers

in charge did not object, he would tell

Barrett the whole story of his life.”

Barrett agreed to the proposal, saying

he was intrigued at the prospect “...of

giving the public an authentic record

of the private life of the Apache Indians

and of Geronimo.”

The U.S. War Department was not

so intrigued.

Coming just twenty years after the

confl ict, the wounds of war, they said,

were still too fresh and the depredations

too costly.” They argued that the

Apaches did not deserve so much

attention, and one lieutenant went so

far as to tell Barrett “...that the Apache

might better be hanged than spoiled by

so much attention from civilians.”

Despite these obstacles, Barrett

continued to push his case for the

book to be published reaching out to

President Roosevelt directly. Roosevelt

had recently invited Geronimo to ride

at the front of his Inaugural Parade in

1905 much to the chagrin of those who

fought and lost against him. The newly

elected president was amenable to

allowing Geronimo to write his story.

Yet the War Department persisted

in trying to edit the fi nal manuscript,

writing this:

‘’The manuscript is an interesting

autobiography of a notable Indian,

made by himself. There are a number of

passages which, from the departmental

point of view are decidedly objectionable.

...The entire manuscript appears in a

way important as showing the Indian

side of a prolonged controversy, but it

is believed that the document, either in

whole or in part, should not receive the

approval of the War Department.”

They went on to note several pages

where Geronimos’ accounting of the

facts were at odds with offi cial reports

including his account of an attack upon

Indians in a tent at Apache Pass and

several criticisms of General Crook,

who he felt had acted in bad faith.

Yet, it would be Barrett who

would persist and prevail in having

the manuscript published without

interference. He pointed out that

Geronimo’s account of Apache Pass was

substantially confi rmed by L.C.Hughes,

Geronimo, Continued from page 1

Geronimo, Continued on page 37

Geronimo, a Chiricahua Apache; full-length, kneeling with rifl e, 1887. National Archives. Created by Department of the Army

of the private life of the Apache Indians

and of Geronimo.”

Th U S W D t t t

Photo from the original book showing S.M, Barrett in the fi eld

with Geronimo and Asa Deklugie, son of Whoa, who acted as interpreter.

Summer 2013 37Geronimo, Continued from page 37

For the last four and a half years,

Piccoli rarely had a moment of

rest. Thursday through Sunday he

was working on the church or in

Mass. Then on Sunday evenings he

would drive to Phoenix where he

cared for his ailing sister who had

Alzheimers until he had to return to

the reservation again.

He often worked from 5 in the

morning until 11 at night, Richard

remembers, eating maybe once a

day. He told Richard that “it was for

them [the Apaches] and for himself.”

Aside from Richard and

his sons, few people assisted

Piccoli. Denver recalls often

watching him work alone.

Nonetheless, his efforts were

far-reaching.

“After he died a lot of women

came here crying their eyes

out,” Denver says. “I didn’t think

there was that many people that

loved him, because he really

struggled.”

When he passed away, the

Apaches held a great ceremony

for him. They had a bonfi re

for him outside the church,

while someone prayed inside

throughout the night.

“It was quite the send off for

Gino,” Richard says.

Following that, Masses were held

in San Carlos and in Scottsdale at the

Franciscan Renewal Center.

“The church could only hold 300,

but there must have been 500 people

there,” he says.

Finally, the carpenter who

funneled all of his energy into

building something greater than

himself had been noticed.

Piccoli’s ashes are buried in Santa

Barbara by the Mission.

Father Gino, Continued from page 35

editor of The Star in Tucson Arizona and

noted that Geronimo’s criticisms of General

Crook were simply one man’s private

opinion of the General.

In the end the U.S. War Department

gave their permission for “In My Own

Words” to be printed as written. The only

edits and caveats in the book would be

those that Barrett himself

felt necessary to include.

The book “Geronimo’s

Story of His Life,” taken

down and edited by S.M.

Barrett, was released

in 1906.

A second release in 1909 is still in print

today and available at the Pickle Barrel

Trading Post. It includes an introduction

and further notes by Frederick Turner who

writes that Geronimo’s story is “a preliterate

and essentially a prewhite narrative.”

Nearly a hundred years later, author

David Roberts who would write eloquently

about the Apache wars and its leaders in his

book, “Once They Rode Like the Wind,” has

also said that there is a bit of Barrett himself

in the pages of his manuscript where he

has added his own words at times and

used Apache interpreters for the imprecise

adaptation of Apache language to English.

He further notes that Geronimo

appeared to be using the book to reach out

to President Roosevelt to gain his freedom

to return to Arizona – perhaps coloring

some of the accounts to put himself in a

better light. He points out the possibility

that with the U.S. War Department having

fi nal say over the content and the books

release Barrett perhaps was infl uenced in

what he chose to include or not include in

the fi nal book.

St. Charles Church in San Carlos led by Father Gino became a blend of Catholic & Apache cultures

Father Gino in his younger years

38 Summer 2013

Popular Arizona musician Hans

Olson brings his special brand

of growling, highway blues and

harmonica. Music in Motion showcases

Sedona songstress Rosemary Chavez

accompanied by Allan Ames and Bryan

Sinclair. Storytellers from Jerome,

Arizona, Ken and Lynn Mikell entertain

passengers with a wide variety of

musical instruments, illuminating the

music and poetry that followed the

western trails. Devon Bridgewater’s

Nuance Jazz Trio, a fan favorite, returns

with their bold brassy horns and big

band jazz. The Senators, a budding

young band from Phoenix, share foot-

stomping energy and banjo-swinging

enthusiasm with their signature blend

of vintage and modern Americana.

As Duo Vibrato, Joshua and Miray

Rhodes make a stunning ensemble,

captivating the audience with their

Mediterranean mix of gypsy jazz and

classical chamber music. Shawn Royer

and Rhonda Hitchcock are Penny Anty,

a Phoenix duo that entertains with

many of their own originals, as well

as cover-songs ranging from the Beatles

to Taylor Swift.

Bands will arrive early to sign

autographs and pose for photos

at the depot prior to the train’s

1:00 p.m. departure.

Passengers may opt for fi st-class

or coach accommodations for this

special four-hour concert in the

Canyon. First-class, $125 per person,

features comfortable living room-

style seating with overstuffed chairs

and loveseats, service at your seat, hot

and cold appetizers, Champagne toast

upon departure and full bar service

throughout the trip. Coach pricing

is $75 per person with classic

Pullman-style seating. Both classes are

climate-controlled and access open-air

viewing cars.

Why are there so many songs

written about trains? Because music

and railroads both keep a steady beat.

Fads and fashions may change from

year to year but true classics never go

out of style. Become part of the musical

history of railroading. Experience

Rhythm on the Rails.

Comfortable fi rst-class

accommodations lavish passengers

with luxurious living-room style,

including an abundant selection of

appetizers and attentive beverage

service right to your seat. Coach-class is

redolent of vintage-style passenger car

charm with a well-stocked snack bar.

Both classes have access to open-air

viewing cars, a favorite aspect to this rail

journey immersing passengers into the

sights, sounds and scents of this wild

western canyon.

Only two hours from Phoenix and

25 minutes from Sedona, Verde Canyon

Railroad is the perfect Arizona day-trip,

or if you plan to stay over, ask about our

Room, Ride and Meal packages. Trains

depart at 1 p.m. daily. Reservations are

accepted at 800.293.7245 or online at

verdecanyonrr.com.

Rhythym on the Rails, Continued on page 39

Rhythym on the Rails, Continued from page 1 It’s not the destination,it’s the musical journey.

The Senators

Summer 2013 39Rhythym on the Rails, Continued from page 38

The history of the Verde Canyon

Railroad extends back 100 years to when

a rail line fi rst served the copper mines

of Jerome. The 38 mile track was built

to move copper from Jerome’s labyrinth

of mining operations to the main rail

line and cost 1.3 million back in 1911

when construction began. Today that

stretch of rail would cost over $40

million to build.

The line continued to operate even

after the copper mines closed in ’53,

by carrying a variety of freight, livestock

and passengers along the Verde River to

destinations near and far. In the ‘80s and

‘90s short lines like this one were put up

to bid by major railroads who wanted

to divest themselves small operations

under 500 miles.

That was when Dave Durbano, a

railroad executive who owns Western

Railroad Builders bought the line.

Although he initially acquired it for the

freight business it took only one visit to

the Verde Valley for him to realize that

the spectacular scenery and history of

the line made it ideal for an excursion

operation. In 1990 he launched the

Verde Canyon Railroad, saying “ The

Verde Canyon Railroad was conceived

because of the beauty and serenity of

the canyon and its inaccessibility. The

way the track was constructed between

the canyon walls and the river enticed

me and it’s railroad features, including

the turn table bridge, S.O.B. Bridge, the

covered bridge at Perkinsville and the

680-foot man made tunnel were rare to

fi nd all within one line.”

Today both the excursion line

which was launched in 1990 and the

Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad

freight operation (which hauls coal to

the Salt River materials Group) share

the same rails which wind through the

38 miles of the Verde Canyon.

BACKSTORY TO THE VERDE CANYON RAILROAD