In the remote deserts of the American West, few things survive from one generation to the next like stories and superstitions.

But one Southern Arizona man is determined to make some things that have faded from our collective memory come back to life.

The Union Pacific trains pass through once booming cattle towns and water stops, barreling toward that distant horizon without a second to spare.

But seemingly frozen in time, just off the tracks, you'll find Phil Gessert.

"You sit out here and listen to the birds... the train comes in now and then. This is the life."

Well, Phil and his wife Anita are not frozen, but their way of life?

"Well, it's all antique... [Oh wow, this is cool]..."

Let's just say time itself may have passed them by.

"These walls are two foot thick adobe all the

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