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Alison Bunting: The Empire Ranch-Partners travel from San Francisco to the Colorado River

By Alison Bunting Last month we introduced Walter Vail and Herbert Hislop who first met in San Francisco and set out for Arizona Territory to make their fortune in ranching. Hislop wrote about the journey in a diary style letter to his grandmother. “We took steamer to Los Angeles which took us 3 days and 2…

Where, oh Where has our Facebook Gone?

We have been notified that Voices of the West has had its Facebook account permanently disabled.

Why?

We don’t know. FB never is straight with its customers.

All the company says is there’s been a violation of its Terms & Conditions–but which one(s) is never clear.

We don’t even have the opportunity to go to FB “court” to learn more or even appeal their decision. Just “you’re outta here,” and don’t let the barn door hit you on the backside on your way out.

Thanks to all of our former FB friends for your support. And, to FB and META–go pound sand.

HA, 5/16/26

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