The San Francisco Peaks and Flagstaff Through the Lens of Time

In this extended visual essay across more than 150 years of time, historical drawings and photographs of the San Francisco Peaks and Flagstaff in northern Arizona are precisely paired with recent images taken at the exact same location, time of year, and time of day. Author John L. Vankat, an experienced plant ecologist and teacher, reveals the telling historical and natural details that provide meaning and context to each photo set. Watch history unfold, documenting the effects of lumber mills, early settlement, tourism, and urban growth in and around a mountain town at the apex of Arizona. Here, near the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau, human effort and energy have remade the forest environment, but the storied San Francisco Peaks remain a touchstone of timeless natural beauty. Vankat gives us a chance to celebrate this special place as it was, and as it is today--and to judge for ourselves what its past and present might say about the future of the American West.

• | Author: John L. Vankat
• | Publisher: Soulstice Publishing
• | Publication Date: Nov 10, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1734989939
• | ISBN-13: 9781734989939