The Masonic Temple is Built and Dedicated

Brand New Masonic Temple, 1908

“Provided present plans are carried out, within another year Prescott Masons may well claim to have the grandest and best appointed Masonic Temple in the Territory,” the Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner reported, “and another substantial building will be added to the many that now adorn both sides of North Cortez Street.” The Lodge, it was said, got “tired of paying rent and worrying with landlords…”

Gail Gardner’s Mysterious Love Scandal

Gail Gardner around the time of the incident.

"One of the richest scandals in high life is to be revealed to the public gaze in a suit for breach of promise,” the Weekly Journal-Miner anticipated. The opposing parties were Gail Gardner and a “charming plaintiff…whose identity has been concealed.”

1885 Conflagration Changed Ash Fork Forever

“Saturday, April 25, 1885, 3:40 PM: The town of Ash Fork is now on fire,” the Albuquerque Evening Democrat proclaimed. “So far nine buildings are in ashes…” 

“A telegram was received at Fort Whipple announcing the almost entire destruction of the town of Ash Fork,” the Tulare County (California) newspaper pronounced.

“The greater part of the town was destroyed,” the Sacramento Union declared.