Anecdotes of Prescott History Brought to Life From the Pages of Old Newspapers and Other Sources.
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March 8, 2026
Prescott Was a Renowned Gambling Town
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Several western towns were known for gambling: Tombstone, Deadwood, and Dodge City, for example. But if one were able to go back in time and...
August 25, 2024
The Birth of Clarkdale, Arizona
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The town of Clarkdale was a pet project for Senator William A Clark, owner of the United Verde mine in Jerome. It was the first planned comm...
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...
February 14, 2021
Prescott's 50th and 100th Anniversary Celebrations
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Ironically, Prescott’s 50th anniversary was largely celebrated... elsewhere. It was the Phoenix Board of Trade that had the idea of celebrat...
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...
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