Before the Great Fire of July 14, 1900, the Courthouse Plaza was described as a “desolate and neglected waste.” The white rail fence surroun...

Theodore Weld (TW) Otis was a prominent and well-respected Prescott pioneer who served the community as a judge, a coroner, and a postmaster...

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

  To most people in Yavapai County and even the entire Arizona territory, the news produced a shock as great as an earthquake.   On March 1,...

Pioneers' Home, Christmas Dinner As Christmas 1934 approached, the Great Depression was hanging on doggedly. Yet by this time, people we...

It is the Juniper House that is rightly designated as Prescott's first hotel. However, the Dudley House was the first hotel to offer som...

The Christmas of 1897 was a bright one for Prescott. “It is only two days until Christmas, yet the very air breathes of the coming event,” t...

Gurley Street, 1933 It was the poorest of times. It was the richest of times. Despite being in the depths of the Great Depression, Presc...

Some might be surprised at the frequency of earthquakes in the “Quad-City” area,* while those who were aware might be surprised at some o...