“The object of the organizers [of the Yavapai Club] was to induce a healthful mingling of recreation, pleasure, and business, and the object has been most successfully attained to the advantage of the club and of Prescott,” the Weekly Journal-Miner declared. “Important business enterprises, many of them of a quasi-public character, have been launched after excellent dinners, or in the course of enjoyable smokers, [when marijuana was imbibed.] Millionaire capitalists, statesmen of worldwide reputation, railroad magnates, distinguished authors, and captains of industry have been pleased guests of the Yavapai Club.” Indeed, during the first quarter of the 20th century, the Yavapai Club was the heart and soul of the business and social community of the county which bore its name.
August 3, 2025
The Ultra-Lavish Yavapai Club Building
June 29, 2025
Let's Visit 1870 Prescott
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Diana Saloon on the left, Gurley St. on the right, (Thumb Butte in the Middle). |
June 15, 2025
1897 Rail Trip to Jerome Vividly Described
It was autumn when a representative of the Arizona Miner made a railway trip from Jerome Junction (today a part of southern Chino Valley), along the narrow-gauge line to Jerome. His description of the journey, published in the October 20th edition of the Weekly Arizona Miner, was delightfully depictive.
May 25, 2025
Miller Valley Founders Arrested & Bankrupt

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, 1878, Samuel C (“SC”) Miller along with his brother Jacob (“Jake,”) were arrested causing “great excitement here in financial circles,” the Phoenix Weekly Herald reported. “They are charged with endeavoring to put property out of their hands with intent to defraud creditors. Much of their business seems to have been transacted in a loose way.” Those who were owed money from the brothers rushed to court, and the pair were declared insolvent and bankrupt.
April 27, 2025
Cowboys Deliver Instant Justice to Bandits
Paul and Jack Fodge were two brothers with dubious reputations. Aged 26 and 23 respectively, both had already spent time in prison. They didn’t exactly exhibit criminal mastermind-ship either when they decided to hold-up a large group of cowboys and their companions at an early, holiday-season dance November 14-15th, 1931.
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.