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DIGGING FOR PAYSON’S PAST
Program Learn about western author Zane Grey and his impact on Rim Country. PAGE 2
Travel
Ken Brooks offers some fall vacation ideas including a trip to Prescott, Ariz. PAGE 3
Movie
Two critics weigh in on the latest comic book superhero film — ‘Ant Man.’ PAGES 4 & 12
Archaeology team works to uncover history in the Payson Ranger District Pages 6-7
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Library has science program on magnets As part of the summer reading program at Payson Public Library, there will be a WOW! Science Magnets program at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, July 30. The program combines magic and science with ceramic, neodymium, and electro magnets. • Magician Mark performs several amazing magnet tricks that mystify. • Playing with magnetic toys — inviting the audience to think creatively • What makes something magnetic or could everything be magnetic? • How the Earth’s magnetic field protects us from outer space • How giant magnets pick up cars and make trains levitate • Can magnetic fields lift a human being? Cow magnets, horseshoe magnets, buzz magnets and more as this show pulls the crowd … like a magnet! Rodeo volunteers wanted Do you like to have fun and help a worthwhile cause, come work with one of the greatest groups in Payson — the Payson Rodeo Committee. Be part of the World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo by helping with tickets, the souvenir booth, 50/50 ticket sales, security and other non-livestock areas. Come see what it is all about and how you can meet some great people at the Quality Inn of Payson meeting room at 6 p.m. on either Thursday, July 30, Tuesday, Aug. 4 or Tuesday, Aug. 11. For more information, call Bill Armstrong, rodeo boss, at (928) 474-9440.
ASU FOOTBALL BACK IN RIM COUNTRY The Arizona State University Sun Devils football players once again make the Rim rumble when they return to Camp Tontozona Aug. 11-15. Residents and visitors alike can visit the camp to watch the team practice. No time is yet available for the practice Tuesday, Aug. 11, but Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Aug. 12, 13 and 14, practices are scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. — according the Payson Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department, the times are approximate and subject to change. Additionally, in the event of inclement weather at the camp’s elevation, practices could be moved to Rumsey Park in Payson. The big scrimmage is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 15 at Camp Tontozona. To celebrate, the town’s parks department is organizing a Sun Devils Football Pep Rally from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Green Valley Park, 1000 W. Country Club. The event is designed to welcome staff, players, coaches and fans of ASU Sun Devils football to the community. There will be all kinds of activities and a number of special guests are scheduled to attend as well, including retired NFL quarterback and Arizona native Danny White, formerly with the Dallas Cowboys and one of the most decorated ASU alumni of all time. Live music by Zero Gravity Fighters, the Sun Devils Spirit Squad, Sparky the Sun Devils mascot, alumni autographs, motivational speakers and football competitions and games, and a football obstacle course are all part of the plans. All events at the rally are free. To learn more, contact the Payson parks office at (928) 474-5242, extension 7 or stop by the office in Green Valley Park.
Rodeo special for locals Don’t miss your chance to sign up early for Mutton Bustin’ and Junior Steer Riding for this year’s World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo, which is Aug. 20 through Aug. 22. Sign up now for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night and also for Saturday’s day performance. For information call (928) 978-3930 or head to Chapman Auto Center. Rodeo Parade entries sought The Kiwanis of Zane Grey Country is sponsoring the 2015 August Doin’s Rodeo Parade using the theme American Pride. The parade is at 9 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 22, starting at Green Valley Park and ending at the Sawmill Crossing. The group is inviting individuals, clubs, organizations, etc., to participate. The deadline for entries is Aug. 8. Fees are $200 for political entries; $30 for businesses and individuals; $15 for non-profits; with entries from schools, veterans groups and rodeo royalty allowed to participate for free. Call for artists The Payson Art League ARToberFEST is seeking artists for the Oct. 16, 17, 18 show and sale at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Event Center. The entry application and rules are on the PAL website, www.paysonartleague.org. The deadline for registration is Aug. 1. This is a juried show for fine art and crafts. For more information, contact Mary Strong, (928) 474-6071. Fashion Show will benefit senior programs The 2nd Hand Rose Fashion Show takes place Sunday, Aug. 2, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at The Center. Great fashions for every age will be featured,
TONTO NATURAL BRIDGE HOSTS ZANE GREY PROGRAM Tonto Natural Bridge State Park hosts a special program from 11 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 15 with representatives from the Northern Gila County Historical Society talking about Zane Grey and his impact on the Rim Country. They will discuss who he was and why he was important. They will also talk about his experiences here in the state, the building of his original cabin, and the reasons that he originally came to the Rim Country. It will wrap up with a discussion of the books that he wrote that took place in this area. The location of the event will be at the Red Ramada located in the park. The event cost will be covered by your entrance fee. The park is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily (last admission at 5 p.m.) through Sept. 7. Admission is $5 per person for those 14 and older; $2 per person everyone 7-13; and 6 and under are free if they are accompanied by an adult. along with entertainment and refreshments. Tickets are $5 each and may be purchased at Trinkets & Treasures Thrift Store, 512 W. Main St., or at The Center, 514 W Main St. All net proceeds support Meals on Wheels and the Senior Transportation program.
Genealogy and DNA Griff Brown will present a program at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6 to members of the Northern Gila County Genealogy Society (NGCGS) entitled “An Introduction to DNA.” He will explain how to get tested, the differences between autosomal, YDNA, and MTDNA testing (the three types of tests), and how these test results can be used to search for additional members of your family tree. He will use examples from his own research. The program will be at the NGCGS library at 302 E. Bonita St. All are welcome to join us for this emerging and fascinating topic. Brown was born and raised in Arizona and moved to Payson after retiring from the United States Air Force in 2000. He served for 35 years as a civilian technician or active duty member of the USAF. His interest in studying and researching DNA developed when he learned, after getting his DNA tested, the location in Spain as the possible origination point of his grandfather through the DNA SRY2627 marker. He has written four books in his retirement. Two are genealogy in format. They concern his early family and their trail of DNA from northern Spain into England then America, thousands of years ago. The second two are science fiction.
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His wife is the former Sarah Phillips Coffey of Chandler, Ariz., a retired teacher. Besides writing and searching his family genealogy, he cares for 24 giant ponderosa pine trees, one holy rock, and 5 billion totally lunatic squirrels that possess suicidal tendencies with a death wish ... but that is another subject.
Mountain Daze The 5th Annual Mountain Daze Festival at the Pine Community Center is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 8 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 9. The event features arts and crafts vendors, food, music and more. Glow in the Bowl Enjoy an evening of fun and activity at the First annual Glow in the Bowl Family Fun Run at Green Valley Park. The 5K starts at 8 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 8 with participants encouraged to wear glow-in-the dark accessories, clothes and body paint. Participants receive glow accessories in a goody bag. Among the activities planned in addition to the competitive race are an obstacle course, live music, food vendors and fun competitions. The entry fee for adults is $25 and $10 for those 12 and younger if registered by July 29 and $30 per person and $15 for children after July 29. Register early to be guaranteed an official Glow in the Bowl T-shirt.
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FALL TRAVEL IDEAS FOR 2015 Hard to believe summer is food is usually very good and your passing by and fall isn’t really wine and beer is included in the that far off. Many people stay fare. Also, most sightseeing trips home during the summer months in the ports of call are includand wait until fall to travel when ed. Tipping is usually extra. This the crowds thin out and prices form of travel beats a tour that are sometimes less. We’ll explore requires packing and unpacking here some ideas that may tempt every other night and long rides in you for your next vacaa bus from point to point. It recently came to tion. my attention that the A number of times Semester At Sea prowe have talked about Europe river cruising, gram is once again going which has become very to operate for the adult popular with Americans. public as well as college In many ways it beats students wanting credit. the conventional tours These cruises last for a because with a river number of weeks with the cruise you check into first departure departing KEN BROOKS your boat cabin after Sept. 13 in Southampton, arrival in Europe and England and visiting 13 unpack and the boat becomes cities in 11 countries. It ends in your home for the duration of San Diego, Calif. after a 100-day your voyage. These cruises last voyage. Both student and adult from one week up to three weeks. passengers can avail themselves You board your boat in one of of the many lectures-at-sea as the major European cities located well as other events. on a major river and then cruise The University of Virginia to the various cities, towns and operates the cruise using one villages to be found along that of the “V” ships. This year and river. next the ship will be the former For example taking a cruise Deutschland, which is being of the Danube River, you would re-named the World Odyssey. The board in Budapest, Hungary and ship was built in Germany in 1988 then enjoy an eight-day explora- and was recently re-done in drytion down river to Vienna, Krems, dock for this service. It holds 600 Passau, Regensburg, Kelheim and passengers. This is a very nice Nuremberg where you would dis- ship and would be a pleasure on which to live and work for a embark and fly home. You could extend your journey semester. How much? For the next 100for sightseeing in Budapest and day cruise the prices begin at Prague. Another itinerary: board in $31,000 and go up to $41,000 for Basel, Switzerland and cruise one of the better outside cabins. to Strasbourg, Heidelberg, All your meals and some sightseeRudesheim, Rhine River, Koblenz ing are included in the fare. You and Cologne, Kinderdik, and on to may give the operators a call at Amsterdam where the cruise ter- 800-854-0195. Speaking of long cruises, you minates. This is a 10-day adventure loaded with exciting sights can circle the world beginning next January on one of the Cunard and experiences. Another interesting itinerary, Lines beautiful vessels either the which lasts eight days: board Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria or your boat after two days explor- Queen Elizabeth. On the Queen ing Paris and cruise to Giverny, Elizabeth, the 121-night, 25-counVernon, Seine River, Rouen, Les try, 42-port voyage starts at Andelys, and Conflans, and then $17,989 for an inside stateroom. back to Paris for two more days. A room with balcony will cost With this cruise you could also $31,819, plus $1,725 per person extend your trip to include more for taxes, fees and port expenses. days in Paris or go by Chunnel Rail Your air is not included nor are to England for a stay at Oxford shore excursions. Most evening and Highclere Castle which is the dining is with formal attire. What real “Downton Abbey.” a way to go! If you desire more How much? For this trip the information phone 800-728-6273 fare with Viking River Cruises or consult your travel agent. would be $3,456, plus air, ground During the spring, summer transportation and etc. and fall of each year Cunard’s The major companies for Queen Mary 2 operates transatEuropean river cruises include lantic crossings in both directions Viking and AMA Waterways plus between England and New York others. Consult your travel agent City. Fares for the seven-night or go online for additional infor- voyage run $1,749 plus — plus for mation. These cruises usually a cabin with balcony. Cunard has been operating depart completely booked. The boats hold around 150 guests. The transatlantic crossings for 175
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Thumb Butte rises above Arizona’s Territorial Capital of Prescott, where visitors can find historic buildings and homes and much more.
years. Princess Cruises is operating cruises this fall from Los Angeles for seven-day cruises to Mexico that stop at Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas. The Crown Princess departs L.A. beginning in October for a series of luxury cruises down the coast. The line also will be operating three- and four-day cruises from Los Angeles. The threeday will cruise you to Ensenada, Mexico, while the four-day cruises to Catalina Island and Santa Barbara. We did one of the four-day cruises last year and fully enjoyed it with our family. Princess does a great job for all age groups. Driving to the West Coast is always interesting with much to see and do. If you have not yet visited the Hearst Castle located on the coast of central California above San Louis Obispo I know you will fully enjoy tours through the castle. William Randolph Hearst was an old-time newspaper baron loaded with money and began building his castle in 1919 and completed in 1947. The structure has 56 bedrooms, 61 bathrooms, 19 sitting rooms, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, and a movie theater. It is located on a 127-acre garden that also offers the world’s largest private zoo. If you feel like a shorter driv-
ing vacation, think about the four lakes around Prescott. The town itself offers quite a few interesting bars as well as the Courthouse Plaza and Whiskey Row. Good walking downtown here with a selection of restaurants to try. The lakes nearby include Gladwater Lake; it’s 25 acres and the smallest of the four. It is located only five miles south of Prescott. You will find interesting wildlife and places to enjoy an outdoor picnic as well as trails for hiking. Lynx Lake is 55 acres and you can rent a boat and swim. A good German/American restaurant is on the lake. The twin lakes are Watson and Willow. Here you can rent boats and kayaks. Fishing is good with largemouth bass, crappie, sunfish, bluegill and large catfish. Many of us have visited the Grand Canyon, viewing it from the South Rim. Ever try a trip to the North Rim? It’s 1,000 feet higher than the South Rim. Only 10 percent of visitors to the canyon view it from the North Rim. There, you will find a secluded wilderness away from the maddening crowds at the South Rim. It has lodging, food and visitor services open from May 15 through Oct. 15. If you are an RV’er this may be the place for you. The sole hotel inside the park is the historical Grand Canyon Lodge, located at Bright Angel
Point. It features frontier style cabins as well as motel style rooms. The restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Here, you can hike the wilderness areas and if you like, book a helicopter flight over the canyon. If you are a camper, here is a good place to relax under the stars. Other areas for driving trips include the Meteor Crater off the I-40, the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert nearby as well as snooping through some of the old mining towns of Arizona such as Bisbee, Oatman and Tombstone. Enjoy your travel time during our good weather.
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We get something special This one might surprise you. It looks like just another massive special effects driven summer film to delight and amaze the watchers in the dark. I think it more closely resembles a heartfelt drama wrapped up in a gigantic special effects driven blockbuster. It has elements and depths that we don’t often see in a film based on yet another of the seemly infinite supply of Marvel Comic characters. Imagine the movie as an M&M with a hard, crisp crust of special effects-flying ants, battles between suit clad miniature people and the like, but the shell covers a soft creamy center of a man working through his problems and trying to keep his relationship with his daughter from disappearing in his own missteps. Explosions, ant armies, nasty bad guys and yet a strongly appealing and very human story under it all — we get something special with “Ant-Man.” The good parts I have to credit to screenwriter Joe Cornish, an Englishman who also directs and acts when the occasion presents itself. He did have help from three other writers on the screenplay, including star Paul Rudd. Did Rudd pen the quips for his character? Rudd stars as the convict recruited by the Sane Scientist played by Michael Douglas to battle the Mad Scientist played by the sufficiently diabolical and insane Corey Stoll (“House of Cards”). Douglas gets plenty of screen time and uses it very profitably, buffing his reputation to a new luster. Evangeline Lily plays her role as the daughter of the Sane Scientist with vigor and a muted sense of humor. She seems to enjoy training the soon-to-be
Ant-Man in martial arts and occasionally punching his lights out. We have a deep second bench of good actors with interesting things to do, something that for me makes a movie much more fun and engaging than otherwise. Judy Greer is nuanced as Ant-Man’s estranged wife, Anthony Makie enjoys himself in a few scenes as The Falcon, another Marvel character. John Slattery plays Howard Stark (this Marvel episode pre-dates the action in the current Iron Man films). Wood Harris, late of The Wire, plays a cop with a few lines while “Saturday Night Live” legend Garrett Morris has a cameo and does the creator of the Marvel Universe, Stan Lee. Director Peyton Reed is best remembered for lighter films like “Bring it On” and “Yes Man” but he bosses this complicated mix of a film without getting in the way of the writers and players. “Ant-Man” lasts one hour and 57 minutes and provides solid family friendly fare with a PG-13 rating. On a budget of $130 million it garnered some $113 million at the worldwide box office so far and seems headed for a good if not spectacular profit. “Ant-Man” comes to the viewer in either regular 2-D or the modern incarnation of 3-D. I would recommend seeing it in 3-D for the fun of having tiny AntMan bouncing around above the seats in front of you. This three saw blades of summer entertainment comes with a little more substance for adults.
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Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
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RIM HISTORY RIM HISTORY BACK WHEN | STAN BROWN
CHARACTERS BELOW THE RIM CHAPTER 21: DAVID GOWAN
in Arizona’s Rim Country the two David Douglas Gowan was born men heard about luxuriant ranch in Scotland in 1843 and raised land to be settled and so they purby his fisherman family to be a chased a flock of sheep and headman of the sea. He served in the ed across the desert by way of British Navy, but found Needles. It was the midthat life too confining for 1870s and the Indian his adventurous spirit, Wars in Arizona were so he jumped ship in winding down, except for an African port. From roving bands of Apache there he found his way and Yavapai raiders. to America where the The Native Americans Civil War was under were being forced to live way. He joined the on the newly established U.S. Navy and when he government reservaended his enlistment in STAN BROWN tions. 1864 he joined the merGowan and Samuels chant marines. In 1866 he became established their sheep ranch embroiled at San Francisco in along Tonto Creek, at a locaa movement to unionize the tion later named Gisela. In 1876 merchant seamen. By this time a contingent of Mormon settlers steamships were replacing clipper found them there while seeking ships, and altogether it was more to locate a settlement. However than Gowan wanted to deal with, they returned to Joseph City, so he quit the merchant marines reporting that the Indian threat and bought a fishing boat. He was too great for settlement. In named it the Dreadnought and the meantime that same threat recruited a small crew, return- together with coyotes and wolves ing to the trade he had learned was decimating Gowan’s flock. in Scotland. Somewhere between Samuels had already explored to San Francisco and Seattle a the west and established a squatPacific storm destroyed the boat. ter’s claim on the East Verde Gowan was the only survivor. River near the junction with Pine He was not a tall man, but Creek. When a second Mormon agile and muscular. His wavy red- party came in 1877 they bought dish-brown hair hung to his shoul- Samuels’ claim for $75 and began ders and prominent cheekbones settling Mazatzal City. Samuels stood out above his ample mus- went toward Phoenix and took tache. A heavy Scottish brogue out a claim on 160 acres where the complemented his imposing pres- Scottsdale City Hall stands today. ence. Davy Gowan decided that prosAfter the shipwreck Gowan pecting for gold was more to his retreated to Southern California liking than ranching, and in lookwhere he befriended another ing for the precious metal in the adventurer, Jim Samuels. From foothills below the Mogollon Rim soldiers who had fought Apaches he came upon the Natural Bridge.
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David Gowan (left) gave his nephew David Goodfellow claim to the Natural Bridge. Gowan was invited to take over the claim by another settler, I.M. House.
Once when Indians were chasing him he hid for three days in a cave high inside the arch of the rock bridge. This natural wonder had originally been discovered by an army contingent from Camp Lincoln (later Camp Verde) while scouting for Apaches in 1865. An early Rim Country settler I. M. House placed a claim on the site and its surrounding land, and later invited Gowan to take over the claim. Gowan made it his home site raised crops and planted fruit trees, one of which grew to be recognized as Arizona’s largest apricot tree, bearing 100 bushels of fruit. In the mid-1880s a British visitor to Arizona wrote an article about the amazing Natural Bridge and its interesting occupant. The article was published in Britain and a Scottish tailor named David Goodfellow recognized the name of Gowan as his uncle. The tailor sent a letter to Gowan, simply addressed to Flagstaff, U.S.A. Gowan received the letter and immediately responded, inviting Goodfellow to bring his family and claim the site as their own. Gowan preferred the unencumbered life of a prospector. David and Lillias Goodfellow, along with their children, soon arrived and became the ones to develop the Natural Bridge for the public. At the start of the 20th century Davy Gowan was moving into his 60s he was feeling the ravages of age. His reddish hair had turned white and receded. His teeth were all gone and he was developing palsy. However, he also opened a mine that was one of his better finds, registered as the Gowan Mine. Meanwhile, in the 1890s, another relative of Gowan had deserted the British Navy, jumping ship on the East Coast, and came to the Rim Country with a buddy to look up his uncle. His name was Andrew Ogilvie. After working mines in Jerome and driving the mail stage between Globe and Payson he bought a homestead from Louis Barnini in the center of Starr Valley. In 1908 he married Agnes Lazear, and to this family three children were born, among them Payson’s “weather lady” — the late Anna Mae Deming. David Gowan’s rugged life was taking its toll, and he often retreated to the Ogilvie ranch where the family built him a little cabin. At one point Gowan’s pipe started a fire that burned down the storage shed containing the family’s meat
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David Gowan first encountered the Tonto Natural Bridge when he was prospecting for gold.
and vegetables. The old prospector sold the Gowan Mine for $10,000 and immediately sunk the money into a new mine he called The Black Hawk. He now set up his camp along Deer Creek, built a crude cabin and mined the foothills of the Mazatzal Mountains near the headwaters of the creek. Each week Gowan would come down the creek to the Bar-T-Bar Ranch to get his mail and share a home cooked meal. Jesse Chilson operated the ranch. In December of 1925 Gowan did not show up for several weeks and Chilson rode up the trail searching for him. He found Gowan’s frozen body, lying on a little bench of land near the creek. The old man had taken off his shoes as if his feet were bothering him, then simply laid back and died.
Chilson gathered a posse, including deputy sheriff Jim Cline and Andrew Ogilvie, and they went up the creek to where the body lay, carrying a homemade coffin. They cut into the hard earth right there, placed him in the coffin and buried Gowan in his beloved wilderness on New Year’s Day 1926. Ogilvie later bought a headstone for the grave, and not knowing exactly when Gowan died it reads, “David D. Gowan, 1843 – 1926.” Today a three-mile hike along Deer Creek Trail, off State Route 87, will lead directly to the grave. In modern days it has been maintained by interested hikers with respect for our pioneer fathers who braved the hardships to settle Arizona Territory before it became a state.
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Denise Ryan (at left) Payson Ranger District archaeologist, points to rocks she and her team believe once made up a one-room structure. Within the shelter, they found an obsidian arrowhead likely used for hunting. For the last three weeks (photo above) archaeologists from Aztec Engineering have been working near a large stone on the site of a proposed four-year university campus. Just north of the working area, under a low boulder, two Arizona black rattlesnakes have set up home. The snakes have not bothered the team.
Digging for Payson’s past Archaeologists investigate ancient site at ranger station Tucked in under a granite monolith on a ridge overlooking the Granite Dells, a team of archaeologists from the Valley Thursday removed buckets of dirt and screened the rubble for clues. Nearby, two Arizona black rattlesnakes lay curled up together under a rock. They have kept a watchful, but-often sleepy eye on the archaeologists for the past three weeks. The team says they only wish the snakes could have taken care of whoever vandalized the site Tuesday night. For weeks, Aztec Engineering staff has made its way through 10 Native American sites identified in a 2012 archaeological study near the Payson Ranger District administrative offices. The discovery of scatters of potsherds, presumably left by the Northern Salado people sometime before A.D. 1400, for a time
complicated efforts to buy the hilly, forested site for a proposed university campus nestled in the trees. Once the archaeologists’ work is complete, the project can take another step forward and possibly end with a four-year university in Payson. Denise Ryan, Tonto National Forest district archaeologist, hopes the sites are somehow integrated into the campus, possibly connected with walking paths and informational placards. While the work has so far revealed several new clues about the area’s earliest inhabitants, Tuesday’s vandalism set the team back half a day. Someone damaged the site, throwing equipment into the woods and making off with a wildlife camera, signs and other tools. They ripped up stakes and marking lines, and like a bear trashing a campsite for food, left a scattered mess. The team had to wait for a Forest Service officer to investigate before they could get back to work since the crime is a federal offense. Ryan said acts like this are why the Forest Service has kept quiet about the ongoing excava-
tions, only letting the Roundup tour the sites near the end of work. By next week, the team will be gone, having collected everything it could locate. Back at the lab it will take months to analyze the samples and pinpoint who used the sites and when. Ryan, and Deil Lundin, principal investigator with Aztec Engineering, already have a few hypothesis. On a sunny, early morning tour of the sites, Ryan and Lundin made their way up a steep hill covered in slick pea gravel, just up from the hotshot crew’s training ground. They pointed out where they found projectile points — that’s an arrowhead to most of us — ash from fire hearths, animal bones and small potsherds. So far, they have not located any burials. One of the more surprising finds, however, is an obsidian arrowhead, volcanic glass likely from the Flagstaff area since it is not found in Rim Country. The 10 sites are scattered on the hill east of the Forest Service office, several on a ridge overlooking the Star Valley basin. The team found surface mason-
ry or evidence of a structure at five of the sites. In the other five, they found lithics and sherds on the ground, but no rock walls. Ryan said, under law any time the ownership of federally owned land is transferred, the entire property must be screened for Native American sites. Crews are looking for burials, which if found, are sent back to the appropriate tribe. So far, representatives from the Hopi, Apache and Yavapai tribes have visited the area. Ryan said surface masonry in the area dates back to before A.D. 1250. Sometime around A.D. 1300, however, the inhabitants left the area, likely because of a drought. Very early on, archaeologists assumed the three Southwest cultures were Hohokam, Anasazi and Mogollon, but excavation work and research over the last decades has fine-tuned this theory. The Rim is too far west of the prehistoric Mogollon culture’s range. Scott Wood, a forest archaeologist who recently retired, felt that the local prehistoric inhabitants of the Rim area were most closely tied culturally to the Salado in Tonto Basin.
“We have been calling the prehistoric culture here in the sub-Rim area [Payson Basin and points into Colcord] the Northern Salado,” Ryan said. The last time the land around the administrative offices was excavated was in the 1970s when the Forest Service added a helipad at the ranger station. They found remnants of a three-room structure and collected what they found in those rooms, but did not examine the rest of the site for ramadas or cooking areas. This dig has given archaeologists a unique opportunity. To Ryan’s knowledge, no one has ever dug an Apache rock shelter like the one found on the hill. That is because the Apache moved a lot and did not leave behind many clues. “This is a rare opportunity,” Lundin said. Under the massive rock, in a confined space, are stone tools and pottery. It appears they may have used it as a food cache. There may have been a lean-to to offer protection from the weather, but the team is still looking for evidence of that. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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An archaeologist (photo above) screens rock for potsherds, animal bones, tools or any other clues left behind by the early Apache believed to have once used the site. A team of archaeologists (photo at right) discusses what they have found so far under a monolith they believe Apache used as a food cache and for shelter. Because packrats were living under the rock, the team members wear face masks to block the dust, which may contain animal waste or diseases. Up on a ridgeline east of the Payson Ranger District (photo bottom right) station archaeologists recently excavated a site they believe early inhabitants used as a hunting shelter. The one-room structure had thick stone walls, a hearth near the center for warmth and likely a wood roof.
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The team found a more modern addition while digging — an old pellet gun in a holster. Further up the hill from the rock, is another site. This one they believe was a one-room shelter, likely used in the fall as a hunting camp. There is no storage on the site or evidence of food processing, but they did find the volcanic glass arrowhead here. Lundin said they most likely leveled off the floor, built a hole into the bedrock as a hearth, which they used to heat the space and cook small game. The structure was probably tall enough to walk around in and constructed out of thick, stone walls. Behind the inner rock wall was a space filled with rubble and then an outside stone wall, held together with mud with a wood roof. Soil sample analysis will likely reveal when the structure was used and possibly what was going on at that time based on the pollen in the dirt. The team took six, liter samples of dirt from multiple locations on the site. “We are trying to figure out the dynamic of what was going on here in the past and you are looking at a time capsule that can give you indicators of weather conditions and climate conditions by what kind of plants they were exploiting,” Ryan said. On the Tonto National Forest alone, the Forest Service has inventoried 11,000 archaeological sites. If the entire 2.9 million acre Tonto National Forest could be surveyed, Ryan estimates they would find 200,000 sites. “It is just astonishing,” she said. “When you compare sites you fill in the picture of who lived where and what was going on at the time.”
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“AM I BLUE?” ACROSS 1 Freeway exit structure 8 Seasoned veteran 14 Spirits 20 More vicious 21 Meryl of film 22 Lapse, as a subscription 23 Thesaurus on one’s desk, say 25 Underwrite 26 “Lean —” (1989 hit) 27 Jeff Lynne’s band, briefly 28 Skirt relative 30 Filmmaker Burton 31 “Birds — feather ...” 33 Acquire a winter coat? 37 Pizza Hut alternative 39 Item on many a dressing table 43 Daze 44 Tito of mambo 45 Hotel Bible name 48 Jamaican sectarian 52 Actress Ione 53 They spin in PCs 56 Rapacious mitts 59 For little cost 63 Have the gumption 64 Greek consonants 65 Irritate 69 American hwy. number lead-in 71 Pacify 73 Worked over 74 Eight of their names are featured in this puzzle 76 Pub pastime 77 Wage makers 79 Abstract sculpture with no
moving parts 80 “Amo, amas, I love —” 81 Ovid’s 107 82 Ovid’s “Lo!” 84 Madames of Madrid 86 Pretty large portion 89 Letters on a PC key 90 Be beside 94 Lauder of perfumery 95 Volcano WSW of Tokyo 99 Put in a box 101 Not punctual 104 Pasta-can man 107 Revolver in a pantry 112 Made into an alloy 113 Yokohama drama 114 “Cantorial” writer Levin 115 Counterpart to digital 117 Rx writers 119 Rocket org. 122 Kind of tuna 124 Eric Carle kids’ book, with “The” 129 One skilled with a sickle 130 Actress Bynes 131 5,280 feet 132 “I do” locales 133 Hold high 134 Old West sheriff’s badge DOWN 1 Eight, to Juan 2 Comical Drescher 3 Extra cash to play with 4 Give a new meaning to 5 Khan who married Rita Hayworth 6 Nothing more than 7 Tourney starter
8 Sugar suffix 9 Bit of mail: Abbr. 10 “Dr.” who raps 11 Composes 12 Summary 13 “Orfeo,” e.g. 14 Give a smile 15 Cause for a mistrial 16 Clip- — (some ties) 17 WSW part 18 City of Italy 19 Blossom supporters 24 Converging points 29 Covert — 32 J.D. holder 34 Work unit 35 Spoon-bending Geller 36 Like two peas in a — 38 How some court cases are won 39 #2 execs 40 Razor-billed bird 41 “So gross!” 42 Rule: Abbr. 46 Have meals delivered 47 Teacher’s gp. 49 Large desert 50 Coils 51 Weigh 54 “Sprechen Sie —?” 55 Merit badge holder 57 They clear the boards 58 Opp. of withdrawal 59 Surrender 60 Gift 61 All at sea 62 Native Arizonans 65 Nativity scene
66 Throws with force 67 Not moored 68 So as to be countable 70 Pipette, e.g. 72 Hi-tech appt. books 75 Arctic mass 78 — room (play area) 83 Summa — laude 85 — -deucy 87 Always-agreeing sort 88 “Original or crispy” chain 90 “MoMA” and “OPEC,” e.g. 91 Vice 92 Profit from 93 Driving peg 96 300-3,000 MHz range 97 — d’esprit (witty bit) 98 Stipulations 100 Bread eaten with vindaloo 102 Some piano fixers 103 That, in Peru 105 “— guest!” 106 Nonstandard stock buy 107 Fall zodiac sign 108 Sprite in “The Tempest” 109 Big name in restaurant guides 110 Pond slime 111 Averages 116 Faun, in part 118 — -Flush (bathroom brand) 120 1973 Toni Morrison novel 121 Ripening agent 123 Ecol. monitor 125 “A,” in Arles 126 B-F link 127 Easter fare 128 Vixen’s lair
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Avoid adding to the tension around you. Even a well-meant reaction against something you perceive as unfair could be misunderstood. Let things calm down, and then talk about it. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) It’s a good time for romance for unattached Bovines, and a good time for reinforcing the bonds between partners. Children’s needs are important during the latter part of the week. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A compliment from a surprising source sends you wafting way up into the clouds, where -- sorry to say -- your view of what’s going on is obscured. Come on down and face some reality. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Even a family-loving person like you sometimes can feel you’re at the end of the line with contentious kinfolk. But things can work out. Remember that it’s better to talk than walk. LEO (July 23 to August 22) A job-related move might hold more positive surprises than you’d expected. Go into it with confidence, and look for all the advantages it offers. Then decide what you’ll do with what you find. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Driving yourself too hard to get something done on a deadline you set up can backfire. Ease into a more realistic finish date, and add more breaks to your work schedule. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your sense of humor can brighten any dark period, and your laughter can dispel those gray clouds swirling around you. The weekend presents a surprising but welcome change. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Be careful about the words you use, especially in touchy situations. The old Chinese saying that the spoken word is silver, but the unspoken gold could well apply here. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Some facts could emerge to shed light on unresolved past problems. What you learn also might help explain why a once-warm relationship suddenly cooled down. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Don’t let your pride get in the way of checking into what could be a great new opportunity. Get the facts first, and worry about procedure and protocol later. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A health problem in the family might have other relatives assuming that, as before, you’ll take over the health-care duties. Surprise them and insist they share in the caretaking. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A series of changes can be unsettling, but in the long run, it can pay off with new perspectives on what you plan to do. Keep your mind open to the possibilities that might well lie ahead. BORN THIS WEEK: You might be under a “royal” sign, but you have a wonderful way of embracing everyone as an equal. © 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
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DOWN 1 Big branch 2 Operatic solo 3 Inquisitive 4 “Keep singing!” 5 Host 6 Poet Whitman 7 Eco-friendly govt. agency 8 Bandleader Henderson 9 Drunkard 10 Particular 11 Citi Field team 17 Beams 19 Sister 22 Put the kibosh on 23 Varnish ingredient 24 401(k) alternative 25 Kan. neighbor 26 Obese 27 Ph. bk. data 28 Geological period 29 Attempt 31 Not many 34 Belong naturally 35 Approach 36 Listener 37 With 39-Across, holiday entree 39 “Monopoly” buy 40 Pocket bread 41 Any time now 42 Dazzle 43 Relinquish 44 Unless, in law 45 Greek vowels 46 So 48 Yule quaff
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RENTALS APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1100 Sq.Ft 2BDR/2BA Apartment In Central Payson, Central Heating and A/C, F/P., Washer/Dryer Hookup $750.p/m, 480-326-7203 or 480-926-9024 2Br/1Br Water, Sewer, Trash Included, $600.mo + $600.Dep. Pets-No, 928-478-6188 Apartment For Rent
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RENTAL/RENTAL/RENTAL Large 2Br/2Ba: Upstairs Unit, Includes water, trash, sewer. $775.pm + $600 security deposit RENTAL/RENTAL/RENTAL
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COMMERCIAL FOR RENT Office or Retail Space Lowest Rates In Payson Private Bath,500 sq.ft. On Upgraded Remodeled Units, 1 Month Rent Free 602-616-3558 Payson s Finest Eagle Springs Professional Plaza 903 E. Hwy 260 Medical Suite Available also Office Space Available 1000sf to 3500sf 928-978-0149
CONDOMINIUMS 3Br/2Ba Condo, Beautiful Open Layout, Four Seasons Condo, Pool, FP, Laundry Hookups, 1490sf, Non-Smokers, $895.mo 928-474-0009 Trash/Sewer Included
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HOMES FOR RENT 1403 Woodland, Payson-2Br/1Ba, Large Back Yard, Non-Smokers, No-Pets, $800.mo, Water & Sewer Included; First/Last month & Damage Dep. Required, 928-363-1058 or 928-432-1831 2 BEDROOM, Stove, Refrig., Evap Cooler, W/D Hookup, Trash Included!! 436 W. Frontier, $700. 928-474-3453 2 BR, 2 BA House in Payson. 1100 sqft., W/D, appliances. Dead-end street. Large 2 car garage with storage/workspace. Large enclosed backyard. Non-smoking. Tenant pays utilities. Basic Internet provided. Pellet stove and solar panels provide efficient electric/heating. Pets okay with pet deposit. Available immediately. RENTED/RENTED/RENTED 3Br/2Ba, Newly Remodeled, Large Fenced Back Yard, Two Large Out Buildings, AC, W/D, $850.mo $850.Dep. No-Smoking, No Indoor Pets; 928-978-3999 4Br/4Ba (Star Valley) w/1-Car Garage, Nice Covered Decks,Views, Fenced Private Yard on 2 acres; $2,000.mo + Dep. 708-670-8289 or 928-951-5584 Beautifully FURNISHED ,New Paint/Carpet, 2Br/2Ba w/FP, 1800sf, MAIN HOUSE, 1.25 Acres In Town, Bring Your Horse, TV s, $1,350.mo Call: 602-290-7282 Move In Ready, in Payson, Nice, Clean 3Br/2Ba, Covered Decks, Beautiful Views, $965.mo 928-468-1068 or 602-647-2014
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HOMES FOR RENT Spacious Furnished Executive home - 3BR/2BA, 2,000 SF, Beautifully decorated - perfect for visiting professional - a real beauty. Conv. central location, Washer/Dryer and all up-grades. All utilities except electric included - bring your toothbrush and move right in. Flexible lease - Short-term $1,500/mo, Long-term $1,400/mo. 602-763-4397, ronwendyt@gmail.com.
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MOBILE/RV SPACES Mountain Shadows R.V. & Mobile Home Park 3 bed room single wide mobile home for rent $800.00 a month. Take advantage of our monthly rent discount program reducing the rent to $700 a month by paying on the first of each month, also RV Spaces available for $256.55.mo, Walking distance to downtown Payson with onsite Manager, Laundry facilities, Wifi and Game room Call Shawn at 928-474-2406 Get local news delivered to your home twice a week with a subscription to the Payson Roundup — Rim Country’s Number 1 news source. Call 474-5251, ext. 108.
12 | RIM REVIEW • JULY 29, 2015
ANT-MAN
Surprisingly good movie Ending off Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes “Ant-Man.” When Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) learns that his old mentee Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) is close to breaking the technology to shrink someone to create the ultimate infiltration soldier, he must recruit Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) — an ex-con — to become the Ant-Man and stop the technology from getting into the wrong hands. “Ant-Man” brought in $60 million, and that was exactly what Marvel was hoping for. I am a big fan of Marvel, and I was very skeptical about a movie centered on AntMan. I was never a big fan of Ant-Man, and never saw what was so amazing or astonishing about him. Anthony Tantimonaco This movie has changed my mind, and Reviewer the minds of my friends who were just as skeptical as I was. “Ant-Man” is a great combination of story, character development, comedy, and, of course, action. All the key elements to a great movie. Each actor brings a great performance. Paul Rudd was made for the role of Scott Lang/Ant-Man. This is the second time Marvel has found the perfect fit for one of their characters (the first being Robert Downey Jr. for Tony Stark/Iron Man). If you have been following the Marvel Cinematic Universe make sure you see this film. It is one of the better films, and Paul Rudd will be reprising his role as Ant-Man for the upcoming movie “Captain America: Civil War.” If you haven’t been following along, don’t worry. It is still just as enjoyable.
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An unlikely romance to set you up in your summer reading “DRAGONS DON’T CRY” BY D’ELEN MCCLAIN
REVIEWED BY ANDY MCKINNEY
It’s summer and just the time for a fast, fun fantasy about a dragon and a girl. Well, to be clear, a spicy romance about a dragon and a girl. McClain creates a fully realized world, or worlds, for her novel. In one “realm” human type people live a life out of the middle ages, horse powered and slow. In a second “realm” dragons rule. The third “realm” is our familiar earth. The dragons, magical creatures, can transfer from “realm” to “realm” as they will. But the mighty creatures suffer under a millennium old curse. There are no surviving lady dragons. Every 100 years each of the four living dragons has the opportunity to choose a young woman to serve as his companion, to give him some one to talk to, some one to keep him sane. But that is the curse as well. Young women can live a long time but the natural life span of a human stops far far short of that of an immortal dragon. Propinquity demands that the dragon shape shifters fall in love with the chosen brides. The curse upon them leads to serial heartbreak which becomes compounded because the dragons know what will happen to them over time. It makes quite a powerful, devastating curse. The virgin Acasia is the chosen bride of the dragon Bastian and dragon or no he has his hands full. Isolated, lonely she discovers that Bastian can change into human form whenever he wishes to. What follows this discovery is an entrancing love story between two powerful personalities. With spice. McClain writes with a light, lively touch and gives us her insights into the ever fascinating male-female situation. According to her, men and women think differently at a very deep level, allowing for endless miscues and misunderstandings. It is a wonder that they can manage to love one another as they do. But we know they do — we do — in one of the most common and important of all miracles, romantic love. A cranky dragon, a spunky girl, a terrible curse and an unlikely romance might just set you up in your summer reading. There is a sequel. Her work can be conveniently purchased on Amazon.com.