Virgil Alexander

Virgil Alexander was born in his parent’s home in a rural Gila County between Globe and Miami, Arizona. His uncles and cousins worked in law enforcement for various agencies, and his dad was a volunteer reserve deputy so he grew up with a lot of cop-talk. His father raised subsistence livestock and kept horses, so as a youth he spent a lot of time taking care of these. His recreation was camping, hunting, fishing, hiking, and riding. His hot summer afternoons were spent reading at the Miami and Globe public libraries, where he enjoyed history, mysteries, westerns, and Arizona geography and nature.