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November 16, 2025
King Woolsey's 1864 Campaign for Revenge
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King Woolsey was away from his Agua Fria ranch, which was located around present-day Dewey. Instead, he was with Governor John Goodwin along...
July 19, 2020
The Mysterious Figurine-Making Forest People
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Were these 1000-year-old artifacts tokens of black magic? Much mystery surrounds the small, clay figurines found in the forest south of Pr...
March 8, 2020
The Indian Uprising of 1872
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The ruins of Camp Date Creek From February through June 1872, Native Americans launched raiding attacks around and surprisingly close t...
November 11, 2018
The Plaza's Early History
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Before the Courthouse was built, the Plaza fielded baseball games. As Robert Groom plotted out Prescott and created the Plaza in the m...
November 4, 2018
The History of Palace Station
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Palace Station, located 17 miles south of Prescott, is one of the most famous stage stops in Yavapai County. Having been built in 1875,...
February 18, 2018
The First Prescottonians Killed in the Indian Conflicts
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As Prescott began to develop into a small, isolated bastion of Anglo civilization, conflicts with Native Americans were immediate and regu...
January 28, 2018
Pioneer Surveyor / Miner Robert W. Groom
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Originally, Robert W. Groom came to the area to mine. However, Groom was also a surveyor, which was a rarity in Yavapai County in the mid...
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