Anecdotes of Prescott History Brought to Life From the Pages of Old Newspapers and Other Sources.
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November 17, 2024
1868: Four Daring and Successful Indigenous Raids in Four Days
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The Weekly Arizona Miner was shocked. “The Indians…commenced the most daring, vigorous, persistent and may we add, successful raids against ...
November 10, 2024
The Terribly Scandalous Pioneers Home Superintendent
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A Journal-Miner editorial described the second Pioneers Home supervisor, Percy V Coldwell, as “a malodorous individual, infecting this city,...
September 29, 2024
The Mystery of Prescott’s Mineral Fountain
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Before the Plaza fountain we know today was constructed in 1910, the Plaza had a “Mineral Fountain,” (pictured above.) Along its outside b...
September 22, 2024
1921: A Highway Through the Granite Dells
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When it was announced that the narrow single lane trail through the Granite Dells would be widened into a highway, Grace Sparkes was not alo...
August 25, 2024
The Birth of Clarkdale, Arizona
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The town of Clarkdale was a pet project for Senator William A Clark, owner of the United Verde mine in Jerome. It was the first planned comm...
July 21, 2024
Arizona's First Brick Building
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The Miner Office 1866 The Arizona Miner newspaper could hardly suppress its pride, and published a full-length article to prove it. The day...
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