Inveterate angler Zane Grey, writer of highly popular Western fiction, first visited Oregon in 1919 to fish the waters of the Rogue River and Crater Lake. This replica Zane Grey Cabin is located in Payson, Arizona at Green Valley Park. Zane Grey's novels are still popular today. ... Then as the fire dropped behind the domed peak a change, a cold and darkening blight, passed down the black spear-pointed slopes over all that mountain world. Learn about Famous Western Novelist Zane Gray and his love for Rim Country in Gila County, Arizona Zane died on October 23, 1939 at the age of 67 in Altadena, California. It honors the six firefighters killed in the Dude Fire of 1990, as well as three people killed in three other wildfires. Dec 19, 2013 - The original Zane Grey Cabin was built in its remote location in the early 1920’s. He returned to the Rogue throughout the 1920s, turning his 1925 drift-boat expedition down the length of the lower Rogue into a chapter of his Tales of Fresh Water Fishing (1928). Explore the Wild - Discover Gila County. According to the Town of Payson website, "The original Zane Grey Cabin was built in its remote Zane Grey was one of the prominent authors of America who used to write his novels based on the western fiction genre. This is an exact replica of the Cabin that existed on the Mogollon Rim that was burned down during the Dude Fire. But the ruddy cedar fire in the huge stone fireplace gave the interior of the cabin a comfortable aspect and shone brightly upon the inmates scattered around. In Zane Grey’s story Beasley is not given a first name. Grey’s original name for his protagonist was Milt Dorn. Payson, Arizona area. I recently stopped by the Dude Fire statue outside of the Rim Country Museum and next to the Zane Grey Cabin and Museum in Payson. The most haunted area of the ship is the engine room where a 17-year-old sailor was crushed to death trying to escape a fire. Within two hours from Phoenix, near the cool pines in Payson, Arizona, you can visit the re-created version of his cabin. He was born as Pearl Zane Gray on January 31, 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Zane Grey free books for your kindle, tablet, IPAD, PC or mobile.