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September 20, 2026
Gail Gardner’s Mysterious Love Scandal
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Gail Gardner around the time of the incident. "One of the richest scandals in high life is to be revealed to the public gaze in a suit ...
April 24, 2022
Gun Fight at the Independence Mine
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James S McClure, age 36, arrived home unexpectedly from a month-long business trip to Colorado. When he came upon his surprised wife, who wa...
November 20, 2021
The Anti-Vaccination Movement of 1918
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Ad for Election Day, 1918 “Arizona has a compulsory vaccination law, but it has long been a dead letter,” the Citizen wrote. “There has been...
December 22, 2019
Christmas 1950: The Children’s Voices Rise
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As winter approached in 1950, anxiety about the Korean conflict and the effect it might have on America’s booming economy was palpable. H...
March 4, 2018
Rich Ranchman Tries to Get Away With Murder
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1918's "trial of the century" was the first murder case ever heard in today's Yavapai County Courthouse. Details of the ...
May 28, 2017
Spencer Repeating Rifle Rules the Battle of the Black Mountains
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It was April of 1867, and ranchers in the area were both highly anxious and on alert. "Information of the presence of a large body ...
January 6, 2016
The Jack-the-Ripper of Yavapai County?
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To the Anglos, Indian-killer John B. Townsend was a celebrated hero. To the Native Americans, he was equally an antihero. This account ...
November 17, 2015
The Devastating Raids on the Bully Bueno Mine
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The strategy of Native Americans during the Indian Wars was more nuanced than simply "collecting scalps." Their preferred meth...
September 29, 2015
The Colorful, Short Life of Mayor Buckey O'Neill
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Mayor William Owen "Buckey" O'Neill, 1860-1898 Even renowned Western fiction authors could not dream up a more interestin...
September 21, 2015
Teddy's Rough Riders Originated in Prescott
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When news arrived of the explosion and sinking of the USS Maine, William "Buckey" O'Neill was the Mayor of Prescott. Buck...
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April 4, 2015
Skull Valley Earned Its Gruesome Name Twice
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It would be a strong statement to say that a piece of land is "cursed,"; something this author would rather avoid. Yet it see...
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March 17, 2015
The Death of Mangas Colorado: "The Greatest Wrong Ever Done to the Indians"
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Mangas Colorado was an important Apache warrior/leader who fiercely fought to protect his people's land from encroaching Mexicans and ...
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