FREDONIA, Ariz. - “When it feels con­nected to a person - personal, simple, not flashy,” says Eli Kirby, of the Homestead Trib­al Arts curio shop in Fredonia, “That’s what people want, that’s what people come here for.” Left to right, photos by Ty Gant: Homestead Tribal Arts located in Fredonia, Arizona. Eli Kirby has at least one artifact too interesting to sell, a 200-year-old Spanish sailor’s bell. Homestead’s shelves are stocked with mostly local artifacts, and a few from

Following Republic Pictures’ success with their Lone Ranger movie serial, Colum­bia Pictures rolled into Kanab with cast and crew to begin filming The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, their first Western serial. Much like the serialized stories in pulp magazines, movie serials were very popu­lar. With their cliff­hanger endings to each weekly episode, they drew large numbers of viewers back to the­aters week after week. This particular series featured 15 chapters averagi

“Not everyone is cut out to be a nurse or CNA, they don’t have the right bedside manner. You have to take care of people, treat them as if they were your grandparents.” Photo by Laurali Noteman. After interviewing the two Savala sisters, Laura and Angie, it is quite apparent they are proud of their heritage and the work ethic their dad, Da­vid, instilled in them. Laura, who has had some health issues, continues to show up and do her job, with a deep and warm caring for her pe

Leafy greens are among the most nu­trient-dense, afford­able and versatile foods you can add to your diet. Impor­tantly, when it comes to leafy greens, dark­er usually means stronger; the deeper the green, the more vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fi­ber you’re getting. Dark-leafy greens such as spinach, kale, Swiss chard, collard greens and beet greens stand out because they deliver high levels of nutri­ents essential for ev­eryday health. These greens tend to carry abun

In 1930 director Raoul Walsh returned to Kanab to begin shooting Fox Film’s $2-million produc­tion, The Big Trail. Scenes were filmed throughout the West, including Zion N.P., the Arizona Strip and the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Publicity still for “The Big Trail” (1930), John Wayne & Marguerite Churchill. Public domain. Gary Cooper and Tom Mix were Walsh’s first choices for the lead, but Mix had left Fox and Paramount refused to loan Coo­per. Walsh noticed an athletic twenty-

I spent much of the past forty years researching historic events. Recently, I set out to study lesser- known actors who worked in the early movie industry in Kanab. The earliest documented moving picture shot in Kanab was the 1924 silent film, The Deadwood Coach. The movie starred cowboy heartthrob Tom Mix heading up a cast of over a dozen actors and actresses. The film was made in the Kanab area, including locations in Zion National Park and Cedar City, and undoubtedly was n

Michael Anthony Schoenfeld grew up in Kanab from the age of four, after starting life in Prescott, Ariz. He went to college in Cedar earning a degree in Mathematics, moved to Phoenix securing a job as a programmer. From there he went into software, met his wife, they moved to Cincinnati, to be closer to her family and back to programming. Then on to Indianapolis, Tony summarized, “Mainly I was a software engineer for 30 years, it was very high pressure. We would work 60-hour