The Winchester Rifle Model 1873 was “The gun that won the West.” At least, that’s what I read in one of the opening frames of the movie, Winchester 73, a classic black and white Western from 1950 staring Jimmy Stewart. In the film, a special “One of One Thousand” version …

*Another in our Tech Series from SecureTheBeast.com The importance of smart phones in our lives cannot be underestimated. A fact not lost on anyone who has ever dropped one in the toilet, knocked it into a sink full of dishes, or, in the case of recent hurricane victims, ​ plucked …

Any visitor driving along the edge of downtown Globe on Highway 60 has to be struck by the steep slopes that the entire town seems to be clinging to. Not so apparent are the natural drainages—washes, gulches, and creeks—that funnel away the rains that can fall with frightening intensity, particularly …

A WiFi connection has become one of life’s necessities when we’re on the road. Our smart phones have a cellular network we can tap into for internet access, but for laptops and most tablets, an available Wi-Fi network is the only way to reach the outside world. We are all …

The woman next to me, probably in her early twenties, was jumping up and down like a contestant on the The Price is Right. It was T-minus three minutes, and the moon was poised to eat up the last sliver of the sun. She and I and a hundred other …

On May 8, 2017, a discharge of cloud-to-ground lightning struck an oak tree in the Pinal Mountains. It was a dying tree with smooth grey deadwood in its canopy and offered little resistance to a bolt of super-heated lightning that delivered 50,000 degrees F. of fire- starting power.  The smoke …

Reprinted from Spring 2009. Ask any resident of Globe and Miami why they live here, and they’ll likely give you the same response: it’s because of the people. Both towns are working class, multi-generational communities and the people that we all enjoy are as likely to be our grandmothers, uncles, …