Anecdotes of Prescott History Brought to Life From the Pages of Old Newspapers and Other Sources.
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March 30, 2025
The Great Flood of 1891
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One year after the terrible storm that caused the Walnut Grove dam disaster, an even worse, two-part storm flooded Yavapai County.
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 ...
March 2, 2025
Two Train Wrecks in Two Weeks
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It was the height of summer; late July 1912, when two railroad accidents occurred on the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix railway.
February 16, 2025
The Forgotten Mining Town of White Horse City
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The genesis of White Horse City was the locating of three mines in the Walker district in the Spring of 1899. The original owners, GM Wright...
February 2, 2025
1913 Frontier Days Gasoline Events
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It was only 10 years after the first automobile, a 1903 “Curved-Dash” Oldsmobile from Jerome which actually only drove from Jerome Junctio...
January 19, 2025
Early Arizona Slang
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The Weekly Journal-Miner of August 13, 1890 captured some of the unique language used around Yavapai County and Arizona in their earliest ...
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