After months of community meetings and the tireless dedication of Vail Preservation Society (VPS) volunteers, Vail was recognized in July 2015 by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office as the state’s newest Arizona Certified Main Street Program. “Vail Connects,” administered by VPS, encompasses the community of Vail and...
Author - J.J. Lamb
Mike and Susan Holmes 33 Years Together Watching Dr. Who on Christmas has become a family tradition for Mike and Susan Holmes and their three daughters, Lindsay, Paige and Megan. An ROTC picnic on October 23, 1983 brought them together during their freshman year at the University of Texas. Susan’s sister was dating an ROTC cadet and, when there...
December is a time for celebrations. Catching a new holiday release or planning family movie nights are a part of the season for many. Take time this year to have a Vail movie night. The landscape and sites around Vail have been the setting for many movies. In The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean one can spot the Santa Rita Mountains and Vail...
Oscar Monthan, from Rancho del Lago to Aeronautical Engineer Oscar’s journey to become an aeronautical engineer began with the drawing of straws at Rancho del Lago in Vail, Arizona. It was April 1917 and, like many young men, the four remaining sons of Alma and Jeremiah Tattersfield all wanted to go ͞over there͟ to join the fight in the ͞War to...