Category: Arizona
Young, Arizona
It’s just a small town of about 500 people. You’ve driven through bunches of them. But you probably have not driven through this town of…
Buckeye, Arizona
The city of Buckeye, Arizona was a small farming community for much of its life. That’s not so today. The landscape is changing and two…
Charles Poston’s Butte
On the north edge of Florence, AZ you’ll find a small outcropping once known as Primrose Hill. Today there is a small pyramid of stones…
Skydiving to Food
If you have trouble finding the Lucky Nickel Ranch, just look up. Wherever you see the skydivers floating to the ground could easily be the…
Making a Living on 40 Acres
Some people might say you can’t make a living on a forty acre farm. Michael McKenzie is out to prove people wrong. His combination of…
The Lucky Nickel Ranch
California produce growers rely heavily on hand labor to tend their crops. For Michael McKenzie, that labor has come from a unique source… https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Mike-McKenzie-Lucky-Nickel-Ranch-1.mp3Podcast: Play…
A Florence, Arizona Prison
Arizona did not become a state until 1912, so for several decades of it’s existence, it had a territorial prison to handle the work of…
Yuma Prison
Most high schools hope to turn out classes of top notch students. This school consistently produces a new crop of criminals–but that’s all right with…
Raising Boys to Be Men
The Bible’s parable of the prodigal son shares the story of a wayward son that comes home to a father, who has every right to…
Arivaca Boys Ranch
The Arivaca ranch has been breaking horses since the late 1800s. They’re still breaking horses, but today the horses are also used to break young…
