Anecdotes of Prescott History Brought to Life From the Pages of Old Newspapers and Other Sources.
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June 12, 2022
What It Was Like to be an Extra in "Junior Bonner"
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Sam Peckinpah was in Prescott directing the 199th movie made in Yavapai County, “Junior Bonner, when he noticed a nude painting titled “Olym...
May 29, 2022
1922: Prescott Turns the Page on the Old West
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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...
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...
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...
April 10, 2022
Williamson Valley's Astonishing Duck Migrations
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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....
March 27, 2022
Tornados in Yavapai County?
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Arizona is known for straight-line winds, red flag warnings, and dust devils that can be strong enough to create tornado-like destruction, b...
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