Anecdotes of Prescott History Brought to Life From the Pages of Old Newspapers and Other Sources.
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March 8, 2026
Prescott Was a Renowned Gambling Town
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Several western towns were known for gambling: Tombstone, Deadwood, and Dodge City, for example. But if one were able to go back in time and...
March 30, 2025
The Great Flood of 1891
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One year after the terrible storm that caused the Walnut Grove dam disaster, an even worse, two-part storm flooded Yavapai County.
November 22, 2020
The Chinese Den of Iniquity
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No one knows what the business was actually named. A Sanborn-Perris mapmaker identified it only as “Chinese” in 1895. This writer might h...
January 19, 2016
Back When Prescott Was "Opium Central"
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There is no doubt that, like many other Wild West towns, opium made its first appearance in Prescott with the influx of the Chinese popul...
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