Whiskey Row of Prescott, Arizona is arguably the most fascinating, historical quarter-city block in the western United States, with the Palace Saloon as centerpiece.
The comic operetta “Pinafore” has been a favorite with Prescottonians ever since December 1879, when the nationally renowned burlesque star, Miss Pauline Markham, rumbled into our territorial capital on the stagecoach from Tucson.
By Nancy Burgess In Part 1, Don Maguire and his travels brought him to Arizona in 1878. After traveling and trading in Nevada, Maguire and his party of four men
By Nancy Burgess “Now that we were in Arizona, a strange and novel spirit had come upon us. The fact that we had landed in Arizona after a journey of
In December 1876, The Weekly Arizona Miner proclaimed German immigrant Jul Rodenburg the “King when it comes to getting up a Christmas whether public or private.” Read how early Prescottonians celebrated Christmas—European-style!
In 1935 and 1936, Prescott had a population of about 5,000 and, like the rest of the country, was in the middle of the Great Depression—but surprisingly boasted 25 grocery stores.
Prescott’s water crisis of 1919 was the biggest disaster to strike the city since the Great Fire of 1900, and it got progressively worse.
By Marjory J. Sente Ada D. Bass was the wife of renowned Grand Canyon guide William Wallace Bass. Her Arizona roots, however, were first planted in Prescott, when she arrived
James Grant was a well-known and respected figure in early Arizona Territory. While his crowning achievement was starting a Prescott-to-San-Bernardino stage line, he also worked as a teamster, contract mail carrier, mercantile store owner and territorial auditor.
Compiled by Susan Cypert In 1914 Europe was in the beginning of World War I, but not the United States. And in Prescott, the town was celebrating the 50th anniversary
