Ben retired from the practice of law after 50 years, and since then has devoted his time to researching and writing history of the Southwest.

Ben–a fifth-generation Arizonan whose father and grandfather owned ranches in Arizona, Sonora and Chihuahua–retired from the practice of law after 50 years and took up writing about the Old West.  He is a regular contributor to the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper, and has published articles in Range magazine and Precision Shooting magazine.  Ben is a former City Attorney of Tombstone and four-term Mayor of Douglas (1980-1988)