The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West By Patricia Nelson Limerick, W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 1987, 349 pages Review by Curt Prendergast *** A recent headline on the front page of the Arizona Daily Star read “‘Invasion’ claim over SB 1070 shot down.” The state of Arizona had countersued […]
By Clayton Norman & Paul Ingram – Sierra Vista, Ariz. – Dianna Hudson watched Wednesday as fire crept across the Huachuca Mountains toward her home outside of Sierra Vista. Scanning the mountains with a pair of high-powered binoculars from Three Canyons Road, Hudson said Border Patrol agents came to her house in the morning with […]
By Curtis Prendergast – Douglas, Ariz. / Agua Prieta, Sonora — “Did you know this hotel is haunted?” said a voice from somewhere down and to the right of me. I lowered my camera from taking photos of the stained-glass ceiling of the Gadsden Hotel and looked down at the voice. A girl that couldn’t […]
By Curtis Prendergast – Rocky Point, Sonora – For many Arizonans this small seaside town is a mecca for vacationing and fun in the sun. However, in the past few years tourism to Rocky Point, or Puerto Penasco as it is known in Spanish, has declined. Below is a roundup of news coverage of tourism […]
Ofelia Rivas, traditional O’odham living on the border, released a statement to the National Guard, who are to arrive on the US/Mexico border in Arizona on Monday. (First published on Aug. 29, 2010 on http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com. Published with permission from the author. Please request permission before reposting from brendanorrell@gmail.com.) – To the United States National Guard […]
Escrito por Curtis Prendergast Traducido por Tania Paucara-Stoner – Naco, Ariz/Sonora – Naco, al igual que muchos poblados fronterizos en Arizona, solamente consigue la atención y cobertura de la prensa y del publico en general, cuando existe alguna incautación de estupefacientes o, la patrulla fronteriza atrapa inmigrantes saltando la muralla fronteriza. En una reciente soleada […]
August 11, 2011 by cachocurt
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