Before the arrival of the railroad on January 1, 1887, prices for groceries, travel, and nearly everything else were astonishingly high, and...

“The stage for California left Prescott on the morning of Saturday, November 4, 1871, carrying the US Mail,” the Weekly Arizona Miner began....

The Weekly Arizona Miner was shocked. “The Indians…commenced the most daring, vigorous, persistent, and may we add, successful raids against...

Prescott Journal-Miner, 2/9/1917 Pg. 6 Col. 5 They would usually appear in February after the harshest days of winter, and stayed until May....

On May 12, 1877, the California-Arizona Stage left Prescott, ultimately headed to San Bernardino. Stage robberies were far too prevalent in ...

Prescott's 1st depot for the Prescott & Central Arizona RR As the last month of 1886 began, anticipation in the young capital o...

When it comes to stage robberies in Yavapai County, the road from Prescott to Wickenburg may have had the most infamous heists, but the Ol...

The first Anglo to dwell at the Castle Creek Hot Springs was a miner by the name of George Monroe, who discovered it in the 1870s. “At th...

Wagoner, Arizona, was the kind of town that Hollywood loves portraying. There were outlaws, gold, guns, fights ,  and killings.   Like...

Professional safecrackers, burglary, found treasure, a 40-year-old murder solved, and a work-release program highlighted the police blot...

It was in 1876 when Jefferson Harrison Lee built the large two-story hotel and stage stop. It was located at a prime intersection on th...

Sure--I've seen more than my share of Indians--most of them hostile. I ran freight on two roads--one that ran from La Paz to Pres...

Joseph Mayer It was with a small amount of irony that Joseph Mayer's funeral was held in Prescott. For it was a fateful trip to th...

Charles P Stanton in front of his hotel. NOTICE: This article is effectively retired.  Four years after this article was publish...

James M. Dodson While gold was stored in the area mines, it was well guarded. But when it came time to ship the gold to one of the bank...

Sam and Jake Miller were two of the very first whites to lay eyes on the Prescott area when they arrived with the Walker Party in 1863.  ...

There are at least 22 lost treasures of cash and gold waiting to be found in the Prescott area in Yavapai County. These could be catego...

It was November of 1871.  For W.H. Meacham, "the destination was Prescott, Arizona," where he was "bent on the pursuit of h...

The teen years of the 20th century brought an awkward adolescence when it came to street traffic.  Animals and autos didn't mix well on...