The northbound Santa Fe passenger train No. 42 left Phoenix at 6:10 p.m. on March 7, 1924, heading toward Prescott. Little did they know tha...

Henry Wickenburg In 1870, Wickenburg was a young, booming town. Founded in 1863, it wasn’t officially incorporated until 1909. The boom was ...

In 1870, Chino Valley had a handful of ranches, plenty of open space, and occasional visits from fearsome Native Americans.

In 1970, Prescott, Arizona, was still a small town. According to the Census Bureau, the population that year was 13,631--an increase of 770 ...

Diana Saloon on the left, Gurley St. on the right, (Thumb Butte in the Middle). When the capital moved to Tucson in 1867, many scoffers beli...

One year before the fire; almost all of this would be destroyed. The Journal-Miner described it as “one of the greatest calamities in the lo...

In the early prospecting days of the 19th century, the Senator and other adjacent mines were thought to be a bonanza of gold ore. They worke...

From its beginning and for the better part of a century, Prescott desired to be a modern city in stark contrast to the surrounding wildernes...

  It was, at the time, the largest drug haul ever confiscated in Arizona—a take-down of “the center of the wholesale drug ring in Central Ar...

It seemed a normal July day in 1888 Prescott, but soon a ridiculous, domino-effect of events would cause the most bizarre railroad accident ...

After a thorough search, lasting twenty years, this author and observer found a treasure that many have been missing for some time: Small-To...

  No one knows what the business was actually named. A Sanborn-Perris mapmaker identified it only as “Chinese” in 1895.  This writer might h...

William Harrison Hardy had a good gig going. He owned businesses in a town named for him: Hardyville (present-day Bullhead City). He also ow...

Mingus Mountain Inn, 1949. In the 1920s, cars were far less dependable and, as a result, service stations were more numerous and spa...

Some might be surprised at the frequency of earthquakes in the “Quad-City” area,* while those who were aware might be surprised at some o...

As winter approached in 1950, anxiety about the Korean conflict and the effect it might have on America’s booming economy was palpable. H...

Daniel B Gillette needed a mill for his Tip-Top mines, and the mill needed water. He found a spot 6 miles away on the Aqua Fria River. In...

Prescott's first ice cream ad. It took 10 years after Prescott’s founding before ice cream appeared at a social function, and then ...

On the evening of November 19, 1889, “Prescott scored a fire record, in which she takes no special pride,” the paper lamented, “the depar...

For decades, the history of what was once an iconic building on the Plaza lay veiled. It was known as Howey Hall, and it stood in service...