Towns and communities such as Springerville, Eagar, Alpine, Nutrioso, Vernon, Greer, McNary, and Maverick of Apache County's White Mountains hold fascinating histories of outlaws and Arizona Rangers; Texas cattlemen and Mormon farmers; and New Mexico Hispanics and forest service men. Aldo Leopold was one of the forest service men who, in A Sand County Almanac, described the Boneyard, Campbell Blue, and Frijole Cienega. Of Paradise Valley, he wrote, "e;What else could you call it?"e; In 1913, the Good Roads Association described the roads winding through the area with "e;canyons that are flanked on every side by timber-covered, snow-clad peaks."e; It also noted that the area had become "e;an interesting point for the genuine home seeker, who will not likely want to continue his journey farther."e; That description remains true today.
