, ▁a ▁few ▁miles ▁from ▁the ▁small ▁town ▁of ▁Cam argo . ▁His ▁father ▁found ▁far ming ▁and ▁stock ▁raising ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁difficult , ▁and ▁when ▁young ▁Mil ford ▁was ▁seven ▁moved ▁the ▁family ▁to ▁Bo ise , ▁Id aho . ▁Though ▁his ▁mother , ▁a ▁former ▁school te acher , ▁taught ▁him ▁to ▁draw ▁as ▁a ▁child , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁his ▁late ▁te ens , ▁when ▁the ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁California , ▁that ▁Z orn es ▁received ▁any ▁formal ▁training ▁in ▁art ▁when ▁he ▁attended ▁his ▁last ▁year ▁of ▁secondary ▁school ▁at ▁San ▁Fernando ▁High ▁School . ▁ ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁high ▁school ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁attempt ▁a ▁career ▁in ▁journal ism , ▁and ▁began ▁by ▁s elling ▁photograph s ▁to ▁various ▁mag az ines , ▁including ▁Popular ▁Science , ▁Scient ific ▁American , ▁and ▁Popular ▁Mechan ics , ▁and ▁then ▁received ▁a ▁few ▁assign ments ▁to ▁write ▁articles . ▁Ad vised ▁that ▁a ▁journalist ▁needed ▁formal ▁study , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Santa ▁Maria , ▁California ▁where ▁he ▁en rolled ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁called ▁Santa ▁Maria ▁Junior ▁College . ▁He ▁then ▁thought ▁he ▁might ▁like ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁architect , ▁and ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁San ▁Francisco ▁to ▁study ▁engineering ▁at ▁He ald ▁College . ▁But ▁he ▁had ▁difficulty ▁with ▁the ▁math ▁classes ▁and ▁had ▁an ▁ur ge ▁to ▁travel . ▁He ▁h itch h ik ed ▁across ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁looked ▁for ▁work ▁on ▁ships ▁out ▁of ▁various ▁ports , ▁finally ▁getting ▁a ▁job ▁as