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Showing posts with label car racing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label car racing. Show all posts
February 2, 2025

1913 Frontier Days Gasoline Events

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  It was only 10 years after the first automobile, a 1903 “Curved-Dash” Oldsmobile from Jerome, which actually only drove from Jerome Juncti...
August 26, 2018

The Adventures of Prescott's First Motorcycle Club

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Back in 1911, motorcycles were closer to what people might call motor bikes today. Early machines had pedals like a bicycle. Single-cylin...
April 29, 2018

Cowboy Escapades #2: Autos on the Range

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When automobiles were new inventions, it was inevitable that at least some cowboys would decide to try to replace their horses with cars i...
October 22, 2017

Historic News Clips of 1911

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As this author researches newspapers for this blog, he finds some stories that are historic or interesting, but individually would be to...
April 2, 2017

Highway 79 (89A): the Prescott to Jerome "Shortline"

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When it first opened on August 1st, 1920, it was declared "Yavapai's Greatest Attraction." (*1) "Members of the N...
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July 2, 2015

The Whacky 1910 Prescott to Phoenix Automobile Race

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They were racing for the premier awarding of the Arizona Gazette Cup in a contest organized by the Prescott Auto Club. Nineteen cars w...
March 3, 2015

Entertainment In Prescott a Century Ago

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In later January 1915, nothing much happened in Prescott according to the Journel Miner newspaper.  Heavy snows made all travel but tra...