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May 5, 2024
Arizona's 1st Telegraph Pole Was Erected at Ft. Whipple
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Officer's Quarters Ft. Whipple (1871) As 1873 dawned, the Weekly Arizona Miner lamented that Arizona was “about the only great geographi...
March 24, 2024
1898: The Railroad Roundhouse Disaster
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MH Dodge and Captain Donaldson were visiting in front of the Catholic Church around 2PM Tuesday, August 16, 1898. Dodge was facing toward th...
March 10, 2024
Jerome's Great Fire of 1898
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One year before the fire; almost all of this would be destroyed. The Journal-Miner described it as “one of the greatest calamities in the lo...
December 17, 2023
The Snow-Mageddon of '67!
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Consensus knows that Prescott gets snow, but it almost never lasts long—often melting away before evening. This was the reasoning behind the...
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September 3, 2023
Payson's 'Oldest Continuous Rodeo' Claim Proven False
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Payson, Arizona claims their rodeo is the "World's Oldest Continuous Rodeo since 1884." It's a contention that relies larg...
July 2, 2023
1921 Rodeo Had Several More Attractions
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In anticipation of the great 1921 event, Grace Sparkes wrote: “Oh boy! Can’t you hear the grinding of the old chute doors, the smell of c...
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