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February 25, 2018
Road Crew Finds Giant Skeleton on Sycamore Creek
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In February 1913, a road crew started digging "where the grade of the Verde railway passes" over Sycamore Creek in order to faci...
October 29, 2017
Popular Preacher Struck Down by Lightning
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"His death [was] all the more dramatic for the reason that he held in his hand a bible which he had been reading." Shocking, ...
August 27, 2017
1970: UFO Lands in Prescott
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Dick Zabriski It all started when a 7th grader named Dick Zabriski looked up into the night sky and saw an object that, according...
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August 6, 2017
1911: Giant Humanoid Skeleton Unearthed in Yavapai County UPDATED
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(Not the skeleton found in AZ) The 1911 monsoon floods had cut a new wash through the farm that Peter Marx had been working since 1870. By...
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February 19, 2017
Meet the Kakaka: The Little Indian People Who Live in the Mountains
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Granite Mountain--one of the homes of the Kakaka. For those of us whose minds were formatted in the style of Western Civilization and ...
February 5, 2017
1890: The Dam, The Drunk, & The Disaster
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Walnut Grove Dam The Dam: "Besides being the largest piece of solid masonry in the United States, [the Walnut Grove Dam] also...
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November 13, 2016
1953: Prescott is a Hotspot for Flying Saucers
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Prescott Evening Courier, May 22, 1953. It was a time when the study of UFOs was in such infancy that the very term "UFO" h...
October 23, 2016
The Haunts of the Jerome Grand Hotel
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Many have heard that the Jerome Grand Hotel is haunted--it's been featured on cable television. But few know exactly what kinds of ...
August 28, 2016
The Yavapai People's Ancient Flood Story
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Most cultures have ancient stories of their beginnings. The Yavapai people are no exception. Their story is recorded in "Oral Histo...
May 14, 2016
The Incredible Story of the 100 Million-Year-Old Frog
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The Arizona Toad Life is tenacious. But one frog, found deep in a Prescott area mine, showed a tenacity to stay alive that many biologi...
March 20, 2016
9 Cryptid Monsters of Arizona (UPDATE: Bigfoot near Prescott?)
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Most locals have heard of the Mogollon Monster, but descriptions of exactly what kind of creature it might be have changed over the years...
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October 23, 2015
Part 2: 6 Crypt-id Monsters That Live In Northern Arizona (Plus 3 More from South. AZ)
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Artist's conception of the Aswang (Part 1, "Land Dwellers" can be found by clicking here) The Crazy Cave Creatures of...
October 7, 2015
6 Crypt-id Monsters That Live In Northern Arizona (Part 1: Land Dwellers)
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Most locals have heard of the Mogollon Monster, but descriptions of exactly what kind of creature it might be have changed over the years...
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