Iron King Mine Despite being isolated in the wilderness of Arizona, mining camps still enjoyed wondrous and touching Christmas celebrations ...

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

“The object of the organizers [of the Yavapai Club] was to induce a healthful mingling of recreation, pleasure, and business, and the object...

Dan Fain around the time of the incident. It was seven years before the Rafter 11 would brand its first bovine; when Norman Fain was just a ...

Before the Plaza fountain we know today was constructed in 1910, the Plaza had a “Mineral Fountain” (pictured above).   Along its outside bo...

  The evening of September 24, 1904, was windy, and the smelter’s open building provided some relief from the heat of the furnace. Around 9p...

From its beginning and for the better part of a century, Prescott desired to be a modern city in stark contrast to the surrounding wildernes...

Arizona is known for straight-line winds, red flag warnings, and dust devils that can be strong enough to create tornado-like destruction, b...

Prohibition went into effect on January 1, 1915, and Sheriff Joe Young was intent on making it stick. It was the middle of May when he made ...

In July 1910, William Oliver, manager of the Shumate confectionery, billiards, and cigar store in Humboldt, was vacationing in Prescott. He ...

As December 25th, 1909, approached, citizens of Prescott were optimistic about the local economy. Ore prices had revived, and it was anno...

It was December 20th, 2004, when Dewey and Humboldt were wedded through incorporation. Although the two experienced vastly different upbri...

Fred Marshall was a disturbed, angry man. Few in the area knew much about him or anything of his past. (*1) Yet one warm June evening...