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Trains are so much a part of a railroad town they tend to blend in with the background. But author Scott Thybony became curious about those who drive them so he sat down with one of the first female railroad engineers in the U.S. to listen to her stories of the home road.
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In this month’s Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony reflects on past assignments and his appreciation for all the people he’s met along the way. They’ve ranged from a firefighter overtaken by a wall of flame to a Mescalero woman gathering water from a sacred spring.
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In this month's Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony sets out to find a spring, which is also the location of Arizona's oldest known Spanish inscription along an ancient trail from Hopi to Zuni.
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In the newest installment of his Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony recalls a visit to White Mountain Apache country where he heard a story about a boy and his dog and the mountain spirits.
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A memorial site at a Flagstaff cemetery marks the graves of dozens of victims who died when two passenger planes collided in the skies over the Grand Canyon in 1956.
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A new book pairs historic photos of Grand Canyon National Park with recent ones to see what’s changed and what hasn’t. Flagstaff author Kevin Schindler says the project reveals not just the canyon’s spectacular scenery but also its human history.
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A hundred years ago, before big dams constrained the Colorado River, boating was exciting and far less predictable. The Birdseye Expedition of 1923 experienced such excitement at Lava Falls — the monstrous class 10 rapid in Grand Canyon.
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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument celebrated its listing in the National Register of Historic Places on Saturday. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, the designation recognizes Sunset Crater’s vital role in the Apollo missions to the moon.
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Polly Mead Patraw was the first woman to serve as a ranger at Grand Canyon National Park. Hired in 1930, she was only the second female ranger-naturalist in the entire Park Service.
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Governor Doug Ducey has signed a bill into law prohibiting government agencies from requiring training in what’s known as critical race theory. It comes…