Walking Prescott

All about the flavor of a small mountain city and the surrounding outback: neighborhood surprises ... wildflowers and nature ... the forest ... people and events ... plus occasional comments on science fiction, music, and the Great Wide World Beyond

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

The last of that lion!

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Remember those fine lion pictures , claiming to be from Prescott? Guess what! The dotter came across this LOL Cats item , which suggests tha...
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Saturday, April 03, 2010

Cemetery project: Del Rio

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Actually, this is by way of introduction to a project that I and a buddy are considering. The picture was lent to me by another friend who...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Sunshine yellow

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Tomorrow, so I am told, will be dreary with a chance for yet another snow. Reason enough for a yellow post. Already fellow bloggers are post...
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Monday, March 29, 2010

End of an era

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This bleak sight is from my Christmas trip down Tucson way. Not really much to say about the graffiti-covered portable sales office out in t...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Local lion; unknown provenance

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If the subject were Barry's birthplace or did that UFO really, really land atop the Washington Monument, I could check in with Snopes ....
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Where there's smoke...

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The other morning, I looked out my window on the side of the hill to this sight, part way up the hills to the north of the bowl that holds P...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Design on 89

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These days, a highway project is not a completed project without the art work. Our new SR69/89 overpass is a good example. According to the ...
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Friday, March 12, 2010

Siesta

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There I was, thinking it might be time for a critter blog ... when what should come my way but an email titled Nap Time , complete with pict...
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Back in the outback2: Kirkland

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The trouble with photojournalism is that sometimes the pictures force the direction of the story. In this case, literally. Simply put, I can...
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Sunday, March 07, 2010

Railroad relics

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To answer Anil's question, yes, we have some rather cool relics saved from the earlier days of railroading in the Prescott area. Number ...
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Friday, March 05, 2010

The Peavine, continued

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I'm not the only one fascinated with our railroad history. After discussing plans for my previous post, a friend and neighbor sent me th...
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Mapping the Santa Fe through Prescott

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So just where did the railroad go , back in the day when Prescott was served by the Santa Fe ? Before I moved, I managed to snag the 1947 15...
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