My Arizona hometown could be two towns. The first one is Lake Montezuma. The second one is Tempe. Lake Montezuma is where I lived from 1984-2004. It is a very small town up in northern Arizona. My family and I moved there from Flagstaff in August of 1984. It was a month shy of my…

Some people can say Arizona is too hot but I believe it’s just right. Arizona has western deserts, high alpine meadows, Native American culture, native ruins and breathtaking natural wonders you would not want to miss. We have many parks throughout the state, one of which is South Mountain Park, which is the largest public…

I am a native of Arizona, and from the age of two, grew up in Kingman until graduation from high school in 1982, one-hundred years after the city was founded. The community was a wonderful place to be raised and nurtured and remains that way for families today. To get to the heart of what…

Growing up my siblings and me were often left at my grandparent’s house in Coalmine Canyon while my mother worked. Coalmine Canyon is on the Navajo Nation and the Old Coalmine is where we lived. Coalmine Canyon was a beautiful place to grow up. There was a chapter house where my grandmother wove rugs. The…

Arizona has been my home my entire life, I was born and raised in Flagstaff and lived there until I was eighteen years old. My family moved four times within the city, but never left Flagstaff. Since I have left Flagstaff, I have grown to love the town even more; now I realize all that…