James R. Sias was appointed undersheriff by Yavapai County Sheriff Joseph Roberts, but on July 24, 1904,  he turned up missing. The Weekly A...

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

Some Yavapai County townsites were as speculative as the mineral worth of the ground they stood on. Two towns had particularly short existen...

It was the height of summer, late July 1912, when two railroad accidents occurred on the Santa Fe, Prescott, and Phoenix railway.

Dud Clark had been contracted to build a road from Prescott to Ash Fork when Lee Burhans called out to him. “Burhans was a member of a picni...

"Fred Harvey civilized the west with his '3000 Miles of Hospitality' that consisted of an extensive chain of hotels, shops, a...

Although tons of material regularly enter Earth's atmosphere, very little reaches the ground. In fact, the number of all witnessed an...

As this author researches newspapers for this blog, he finds some stories that are historic or interesting, but individually would be to...

In this edition of "Stories Behind the Names," we look at:  Prescott, Chino Valley, Paulden, Drake, Hell Canyon, Ash Fork, and ...