A Visual and Verbal Narrative of Arizona's Salt River
November 7, 2023 – Although I had previously visited the beginning of the Salt River where the Black and White Rivers meet on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, I wanted to see the very highest headwaters, too. With that in mind, Leslie and I headed up to Springerville, Arizona, to visit the Black River …
August 20, 2023 – In 1868 Phillip Duppa predicted that from an obscure settlement in the Salt River Valley “a new city will spring phoenix-like upon the ruins of a former civilization.” Duppa was, of course, referring to what is now known as Phoenix, Arizona, and he is credited with giving it its name. No …