March 30, 2025
The Great Flood of 1891
One year after the terrible storm that caused the Walnut Grove dam disaster, an even worse, two-part storm flooded Yavapai County.
Labels:
agriculture,
American Ranch,
Big Bug,
Chinese,
disasters,
ecosystem,
floods,
Granite Creek,
History,
horses,
Joseph Mayer,
Lynx Creek,
mail,
railroads,
ranches,
severe weather,
Sharlot Hall Museum,
Verde River,
water
Location:
Yavapai County, AZ, USA
March 16, 2025
Dan (Granville) Fain Nearly Murdered!
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Dan Fain around the time of the incident. |
It was seven years before the Rafter 11 would brand its first bovine; when Norman Fain was just a lil’ cowpoke, at the mere age of 3. “Dan Fain was assaulted at Humboldt [May 31, 1910,] and escaped death solely through good fortune,” the Weekly Journal-Miner exclaimed.
Location:
Humboldt, Dewey-Humboldt, AZ, USA
March 2, 2025
Two Train Wrecks in Two Weeks
It was the height of summer; late July 1912, when two railroad accidents occurred on the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix railway.
Location:
Yavapai County, AZ, USA
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