Anecdotes of Prescott History Brought to Life From the Pages of Old Newspapers and Other Sources.
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June 15, 2025
1897 Rail Trip to Jerome Vividly Described
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It was autumn when a representative of the Arizona Miner made a railway trip from Jerome Junction (today a part of southern Chino Valley), a...
May 25, 2025
Miller Valley Founders Arrested & Bankrupt
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To most people in Yavapai County and even the entire Arizona territory, the news produced a shock as great as an earthquake. On March 1,...
April 27, 2025
Cowboys Deliver Instant Justice to Bandits
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Paul and Jack Fodge were two brothers with dubious reputations. Aged 26 and 23 respectively, both had already spent time in prison. They did...
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.
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