Category: Historical

Did you know many streets at the VA Medical Center in Prescott are named for important people?

Martha Rebecca Yount, an independent spirit as a youth, became a trail blazer for other women.

For Dennis A. Burke, the words “Go West, young man” became the impetus he needed to leave his home and follow his dreams in the young town of Prescott.

In the late 1800s, Prescott rang in the new year with dances, courting, family visits, and more.

An icon of the past, the 129-foot Mayer stack was built for a smelter plant expansion in Mayer, Arizona.

For Christmas in 1908, Minnie White received a penny postcard from a W. Johnson. But who was Minnie White?

The ruins of King Woolsey’s Agua Frio Ranch stand as a vague reminder of what was once the first building in the area.

During the 1800s, mules were an essential part of the settlement and development of Prescott – indeed, of the Arizona Territory.

While Arizona’s past is peppered with famous figures, a pair of graves are among the few reminders that ordinary people like Wales and Sarah Arnold lived here.

Twenty casualties of the Vietnam War were from Yavapai County. Lieutenant Commander Dennis Stanley Pike is still listed Missing in Action.