Stories Behind the Place Names


Here is an alphabetical index of place names and the stories behind them.

(Click on the PLACE NAME to see the story)








(Mountains, City, Creek, etc.)

























(See also: Val Verde)








Includes Camp Clark, Camp Date Creek, Camp Hualpai, Camp Ilges, Camp Lewis, Camp Lincoln, Camp McPherson, Camp Rawlins, Camp Skull Valley, Camp Toll Gate, Camp/Fort Verde, and Whipple Barracks/Ft. Whipple







(Includes Street Name Origins)











Val Verde

(Early Humboldt)















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1 comment:

  1. Does anybody have any photos of Walnut Creek or Walnut Grove? It my understanding its N/West of Prescott. The Martin family moved there in the late 1880's. Thanks Don Martin

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