Category: Days Past

In 1878, Civil War General William T. Sherman made a somewhat unexpected visit to the young town of Prescott.

Samuel Porter Putnam, leading advocate of the Freethought movement, had a profound impact on young Sharlot’s life and the community of Prescott.

Prescott’s earliest female settlers had courage–read the stories of Mary Catherine Brooks and Margaret Ehle.

Women settlers began arriving in Prescott in early 1864—Mary Ramos was perhaps the earliest, and her name is associated with a building on today’s Museum grounds.

The Bradshaw Mountains of Central Arizona contain many treasures—among them is Castle Hot Springs.

Native American baskets are woven with more than willow and sumac—they are also woven with the tribal beliefs of the weaver.

“Arizona Bill” was a colorful character and alleged Army scout on the Territorial frontier. But who was the real man behind the legend?

Today’s I-17 and SR-69 travelers to Phoenix often don’t know that the backbone of these two highways was a stagecoach route: Black Canyon Highway.

“No roads, no schools or churches. It was beautiful, but so wild and strange…”

These were the words of Henry and Dorette Schuerman as they established their homestead near modern-day Sedona. However, they would persevere.

An early proprietor, H. (Henry) C. Vincent, and his family experienced the full circle of life at the hotel. Moving to Prescott from Williams, he took over the Congress House on October 10, 1901.