Anecdotes of Prescott History Brought to Life From the Pages of Old Newspapers and Other Sources.
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January 19, 2025
Early Arizona Slang
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The Weekly Journal-Miner of August 13, 1890, captured some of the unique language used around Yavapai County and Arizona in their earliest...
January 5, 2025
How Did Prescott's Plaza Become Yavapai County Property? UPDATED
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How is it that the very heart of Prescott—its downtown Plaza—happened to become property of Yavapai County? When queried, even local histo...
December 22, 2024
Christmas 1915: Santa Brings Mountain Bell
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Before 1914, the December Prescott newspapers would be heavily sprinkled with short blurbs describing various Christmas activities around to...
December 15, 2024
Was Coronado’s Gun Found in the United Verde Mine?
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It was late autumn 1900 when a minor cave-in occurred in the giant United Verde mine in Jerome. On December 3, as workers cleared the mess...
November 17, 2024
1868: Four Daring and Successful Indigenous Raids in Four Days
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The Weekly Arizona Miner was shocked. “The Indians…commenced the most daring, vigorous, persistent, and may we add, successful raids against...
November 10, 2024
The Terribly Scandalous Pioneers Home Superintendent
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A Journal-Miner editorial described the second Pioneers Home supervisor, Percy V Coldwell, as “a malodorous individual, infecting this city,...
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