Anecdotes of Prescott History Brought to Life From the Pages of Old Newspapers and Other Sources.
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January 11, 2026
Rattlesnake Stories of Yavapai County
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An Arizona Black Diamond Rattlesnake Where there are rattlesnakes, there are bound to be some interesting and amazing stories, and Yavapai C...
April 24, 2022
Gun Fight at the Independence Mine
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James S McClure, age 36, arrived home unexpectedly from a month-long business trip to Colorado. When he came upon his surprised wife, who wa...
June 6, 2021
Constant Indian Raids, Spring 1870
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1870 dawned with the usual optimism of a new year in Prescott, but underneath lay a sense of anxiety. The first edition of the 1870 Weekly A...
December 16, 2018
Christmas 1909: Big Snow, Big Gifts
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As December 25th, 1909, approached, citizens of Prescott were optimistic about the local economy. Ore prices had revived, and it was anno...
September 23, 2018
Kirkland's Early History
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William H Kirkland Bill Kirkland had a restless spirit, never wanting to stay too long in one place. At the age of 18 he left Missouri t...
July 1, 2018
Will Rogers Visits the 1933 Frontier Days
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The Courier's editor needed to pinch himself. "Will Rogers of Claremore, OK--yes, indeed, THE Will Rogers, gum-chewing humorist ...
May 13, 2018
The "Graces" Who Got Things Done in Prescott
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It was inevitable that Grace Sparks and Grace Chapman would join together. They both had a deep love for serving civically. Even in their ...
March 18, 2018
1871: CB Genung Builds the Old Yarnell Road
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Come 1871, the farmers and ranchers of Kirkland and Peeples Valley had a logistics problem. They wanted access to the Wickenburg and Phoen...
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January 14, 2018
The Battle of the "Pinole Treaty"
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PINOLE: A food made of maize, cacao beans, and spices that originated with the Aztecs. It was January 4th, 1864. A.H. Peeples had just...
August 13, 2017
"Lost" Bell's Canyon Was Infamous
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Originally, the wagon trail going through Bell's Canyon was meant as an alternate route from Kirkland to Date Creek. However, the topo...
April 9, 2017
1868-71: The Last Indian Raids on Kirkland Valley
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One method used by Native Americans during the Indian Wars could be described as "guerrilla attrition"--sudden, stealthy strikes ...
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