From Harpers Weekly, Dec. 1870 “The mountains back of Prescott contain many wild turkeys,” the Weekly Arizona Miner crowed just after Thanks...

Iron King Mine  Despite being isolated in the wilderness of Arizona, mining camps still enjoyed wondrous and touching Christmas celebrations...

Many lost treasure stories are based on lore and campfire stories. This one is based on newspaper accounts of a tragedy.

King Woolsey was away from his Agua Fria ranch, which was located around present-day Dewey. Instead, he was with Governor John Goodwin along...

November 25, 1925, was a disastrous day in Yavapai County. Four banks suddenly and permanently closed their doors, and people’s deposits wer...

Today, Skull Valley is a sleepy little burg, but there was a time when the town had several area mines, a quartz mill, a dairy, a number of ...