From Prescott’s historic courthouse lighting to Lake Havasu’s floating parade of lights, Arizona’s most enchanting holiday celebrations await beyond the Valley in charming towns where authentic traditions create extraordinary December memories.
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Phoenix resident Nadia Beltran Bernal recently shared with Images Arizona two photos taken during a late-July camping trip to a site just north of Christopher Creek in Payson.
No one could have predicted it 133 years ago, but Payson Pro Rodeo has since become the world’s oldest continuous rodeo. Not that it would have made any difference to its earliest contestants. The cowboys and ranch hands took pride in their skills and horses, and saw the rodeo as their chance to strut their stuff in the town square. It was how they had fun in the gap between spring and fall roundups at the ranch, and the entire town joined them.