Beechcraft 1900s and the Telluride Ski Area
Mesa bought their first Beechcraft BE-1900 in December 1985 for two million dollars. The town of Telluride and the adjacent ski area were...
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Mesa goes all turbine
In 1983, Larry and Janie Risley bought their first Beechcraft C-99 Airliner. A salesman at Beechcraft convinced Larry the airplane would...
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Mesa Airlines the beginning
Mesa started flying a single-engine, six seat, Piper Saratoga between Farmington, NM and Albuquerque in October 1980. It is humorous that...
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New Book, New Blog Are Coming!
You will be seeing some changes to my website soon. I am finishing up a manuscript for a book about Mesa Airlines. You will soon see an...
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Mary Louise Hill and more
I begin my post this week talking about the first murder victim in my book (Rampage along Route 66) – Mary Louise Hill (aka Mary Lou). As...
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Author Ann Rule, an early inspiration
My blog post this week will be one of the last ones covering my book, Rampage along Route 66. I will be transitioning the blog to use for...
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Kitty O'Rourke, CopyKat Editing LLC
In this week’s blog I talk about Kitty O’Rourke, the editor for my book. Early on in the process of putting Rampage along Route 66...
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Blue Miller
The blog post this week is a tip of my hat to my friend Blue Miller from the East Coast of England. Blue was kind enough to write the...
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Ken Riedemann
The blog post this week is about the sources of information from Grants that I used as I researched my book – Rampage along Route 66. I...
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Patrick Lynch
Patrick Lynch is the witness I wished I had located prior to publishing the first edition of my book. He had information that was truly...
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Sgt. Bob Harvey
I mentioned in my blog post last week that my next few posts would be to highlight some of the people who helped me as I researched the...
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Detective Rick Jackson, LAPD
I was away from my blog for a few weeks while I did a book promotional tour in Arizona and New Mexico. It was an interesting experience...
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Book Tour
Next week I begin my book promotional tour in Arizona and New Mexico. Here is my planned itinerary: April 4th - Flagstaff, AZ April 5th -...
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Ft. Courage and Van de Kamp's Revisited
March 20, 2022: The photograph this week is from a 1970 postcard showing Fort Courage and the Van de Kamp’s Restaurant in Houck, Arizona....
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Book Giveaway Winners
Announcing the winners of the drawing for signed copies of my book, Rampage along Route 66. Congratulations to Sabrina from Chandler,...
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Promotional Tour
March 11, 2022: Isn’t this a great photo? My editor, Kitty O’Rourke of CopyKat Editing LLC, staged it for Instagram. Even though the...
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Book Giveaway
This website is the place to sign up for a drawing for a signed copy of my book. As I ramp up preparations for my book signing tour along...
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Gallery Updated
The gallery on my website has been updated and now contains 44 photographs and captions, many not published in the book. This photograph...
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Honoring Jim Keeton and Don Beckstead
February 5, 2022: Today, I honor two slain Arizona highway patrolmen. Fifty-one years ago today, all hell broke loose on a stretch of...
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The Whiting Brothers gas station and the murder scene in Gallup
The story-related picture this week is of an old Whiting Brothers service station located in West Gallup, New Mexico at 3120 W. Historic...
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