Anecdotes of Prescott History Brought to Life From the Pages of Old Newspapers and Other Sources.
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Great Fire
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April 12, 2026
The Great Fire Changed the Plaza Forever
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Before the Great Fire of July 14, 1900, the Courthouse Plaza was described as a “desolate and neglected waste.” The white rail fence surroun...
August 24, 2025
The Embezzling Yavapai County Treasurer
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Prescott was aghast when the Yavapai County Treasurer, James P Storm, was found bound and gagged in the county’s vault by his daughter, who ...
March 10, 2024
Jerome's Great Fire of 1898
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One year before the fire; almost all of this would be destroyed. The Journal-Miner described it as “one of the greatest calamities in the lo...
January 1, 2022
Robert Todd Lincoln Visited Prescott Thrice
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It was early February 1894 when the announcement was made in the Journal-Miner that Robert Todd Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln, w...
June 27, 2021
1888: Prescott's Great Fire Before the Great Fire
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Many who are familiar with Prescott history are aware of the Great Fire, which occurred on July 14, 1900, and destroyed Whiskey Row. However...
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 26, 2020
Archeological Survey at 140 N. Granite St.
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In 1994, 16 people from the Yavapai Chapter of the Arizona Archeological Society spent over 400 hours investigating the lot at 140 North...
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