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Showing posts with label celebrities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrities. Show all posts
March 29, 2026

The First President to Visit Yavapai County

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The Weekly Journal-Miner and the residents of Yavapai County were absolutely enchanted. The President of the United States, William McKinley...
May 15, 2022

William Randolph Hearst brings 15 Congressmen to Prescott

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(Forgive the typo!) In 1903, William Randolph Hearst was a 40-year-old newspaper baron and US Congressman from New York who was under seriou...
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...
October 3, 2021

1878: Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman is Amazed With Prescott

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It was Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s first trip to Arizona. He was on the way to inspect the area Army camps. He would visit Camp Verde be...
October 18, 2020

1920: Million-Heir Boy Kidnapped Near Drake

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A group of three detectives parked their automobile about a mile and a half away from the Puntenney lime mine near Cedar Glade (present day ...
January 19, 2020

The Forgotten Mother-Load at Richenbar, AZ

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Many are familiar with the mining riches that came out of Tip Top and Crown King,  but there was another mother-load of gold in that area...
November 24, 2019

Founder of Lowell Observatory Got High in Prescott

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Percival Lowell Percival Lowell’s life changed after reading Camille Flammarion’s “La Planete Mars.” It was then that he dedicated his ...
August 18, 2019

1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Visits Prescott

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It was late September 1932, and in a little more than a month, the United States would be choosing a new President. That man would be Gov...
June 9, 2019

JFK Recuperated at Castle Hot Springs

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After his PT-109 was rammed by a Japanese destroyer in World War II, John Fitzgerald Kennedy fought back problems. During his recuperatio...
January 20, 2019

Hollywood's First Child-Star Was a Prescott Girl

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Virginia Lee (born LaVerne) Corbin On March 2nd, 1910, the Weekly Journal-Miner reported that Mrs. LE Corbin, wife of a wealthy busines...
January 6, 2019

Prescott's Plaza Pets

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Through the years, Prescott's Plaza has been blessed with a few beloved, exceptional animals that stole the hearts of the entire city...
September 30, 2018

Famous Novelist & Statesman Falls In Love With Prescott

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Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P. (1862-1932) Member of the British Parliament, novelist, and Knight, Sir Gilbert Parker landed in Lakewood, New ...
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 ...
September 10, 2017

1911: Buffalo Bill Cody Comes to Prescott to Invest & Reminisce

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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a superstar recognized by nearly everyone. So when...
August 12, 2015

POTUS Visits Prescott, Statehood at Stake

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The POTUS (President of the United States), William Howard Taft It was 5:51pm, October 13th, 1909. President Taft's special trai...