"Richard H. and Edward Meyer Kern, artists and western explorers, gave the American public some of its earliest authentic graphic images of the people and landscape of Arizona, New Mexico, and southern Colorado; providing views of Canyon de Chelly, Chaco Canyon, and El Morro (Inscription Rock)." --
Jim Marsh was born December 25, 1933 in Denver, Colorado. His father was the chief for the Colorado Patrol and his mother lived in Nebraska, so he split his time in both places while growing up. He was a service member of the United States Army upon his discharge from the service, he started working with his father at a Ford dealership.