Photo Gallery
Through the Chapters
Photos organized by chapter, from Wyoming ranch country and the halls of power to mission fields in Africa and the front lines of American cultural renewal.
American Patriot: A Reawakening
My love for the United States of America was first instilled in me from a young age by my father, Donald C. Steiger. Dad was a great patriot who took a stand for God, country, and family. I remember him lecturing his children around the dinner table when I was a youngster. After turning down an opportunity to run for Congress from Wyoming to focus on his family and the JH Ranch, he later moved to Arkansas and was one of the early Republican pioneers in the 1970s to help establish the Republican Party.
One of Dad's close friends in Wyoming would become a hero and friend of mine as I got older. JW Nuckolls was a rancher who shared many things in common with my Dad, including raising Corriedale sheep. My first 4-H project was a ewe and lamb that I bought from JW in 1968 when I first started raising sheep. Later, he would always welcome my sons and me back to his ranch overlooking Devil's Tower where we hunted whitetail deer.
In my latter years, I was blessed to get to know Michael Martin Murphey. Through my Dad's love of Western literature, my brothers and I donated a good part of Dad's western novels to the Murphey Western Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Western culture and the values it represents.
Fritz Steiger
Questions About the Photo Gallery
The gallery is organized by the chapters of Divine Disruption, from the Prologue and Introduction through Chapter Ten, the Conclusion, and About the Author, along with a tribute by West Doss. Each chapter section opens with its banner artwork, followed by photos and closing commentary attributed to Fritz Steiger.
The gallery runs from Wyoming ranch country and the halls of power to mission fields in Africa and the front lines of American cultural renewal, covering family, faith, politics, philanthropy, and the work of restoration. Chapter Two, American Roots: Born and Raised, reaches back to 1858, when Fritz Steiger's great-great-grandfather, Jakob Gsteiger, immigrated to America.
The commentary closing each chapter section is attributed to Fritz Steiger. In Chapter Six, American Public Policy: The Foundation for Freedom, he recounts co-founding the Texas Public Policy Foundation with Jim Leininger in 1989. In Chapter Five, he describes becoming Walmart's corporate affairs director at 25.
On desktop, the Chapters list beside the gallery jumps to any chapter. On smaller screens, the chapter strip at the top shows one chapter at a time, with an All option that shows the full gallery again. Selecting any photo opens it in a lightbox viewer for full-size viewing.