The first bridge to conquer Hell Canyon was a railroad cut-off that took the entirety of 1901 to complete. The new route would shorten the t...

The town of Clarkdale was a pet project for Senator William A Clark, owner of the United Verde mine in Jerome. It was the first planned comm...

It was nearly 3:30 pm, August 17, 1909, when engineer Joseph Reese put his hand on the throttle, and Engine No. 11 began to pull a heavy six...

A group of three detectives parked their automobile about a mile and a half away from the Puntenney lime mine near Cedar Glade (present day ...

Dick Zabriski  It all started when a 7th grader named Dick Zabriski looked up into the night sky and saw an object that, according...

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