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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDYL_city-park-and-ballfield_Prescott-AZ.html
Since 1908, the area of Prescott now known as Ken Lindley Field has been used as a public park and ballfield. The land was deeded to the City of Prescott by Charles T. and Ada M. Joslin in 1922. As Mrs. Joslin requested, the City later donated par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDPN_the-carnegie-library_Prescott-AZ.html
Prescott's first library consisted of over 300 volumes brought to the Territory in 1864 by Secretary of State Richard C. McCormick. In 1870, a group of local women opened a reading room with 263 books collected from local citizens and out-of-town …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDPL_the-fire-of-1900_Prescott-AZ.html
A disastrous fire on the night of July 14, 1900 changed the face of downtown Prescott. Starting in a room in the Scopel Hotel on the southwest corner of Goodwin and Montezuma Streets, the fire quickly hopped across Goodwin Street and proceeded to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDL2_prescotts-beginnings-the-first-mining-district-in-yavapai-county_Prescott-AZ.html
The City of Prescott had its beginnings in the Spring of 1863 when a party of explorers and would-be gold miners led by the famed Joseph R. Walker arrived near the headwaters of the Hassayampa River. On May 10, 1863, at a location some six miles s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDL1_montezuma-street_Prescott-AZ.html
The one hundred block of South Montezuma Street has long been known as "Whiskey Row" for the numerous saloons which once lined the street. As Prescott poet Gail Gardner once wrote of "Whiskey Row":
"Oh they starts her in at the Kaintucky bar, A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDL0_hassayampa-inn_Prescott-AZ.html
After ten years of planning, community leaders of Prescott finally raised sufficient funds to build a modern hotel which catered to the "auto tourist" in downtown Prescott — The Hassayampa Inn. On February 28, 1927, at the site of the former…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDKZ_site-of-the-o-neill-munds-house_Prescott-AZ.html
A beautiful Victorian Cottage which faced East Sheldon Street was built on this site by W.B. Jones. On November 15, 1893, William Owen (Buckey) O'Neill and his wife Pauline moved into the house. O'Neill used a portion of the upstairs as his office…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDKY_nob-hill_Prescott-AZ.html
Originally a part of the Capital Block, which was set aside in 1864 for a Territorial Capitol Building, the south half of the block was sold at auction. John Lawler, a miner, capitalist and real estate developer, bought the entire block and built …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDKX_site-of-goldwater-brothers-mercantile_Prescott-AZ.html
The Goldwater Brothers, Morris and Michael, arrived in Arizona from California in 1876. They opened one of the area's first general merchandising stores on the southeast corner of Cortez and Goodwin (where City Hall is now located). Three years la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDKW_the-mulvenon-building_Prescott-AZ.html
Completed in August 1901, the Mulvenon Building was one of the first buildings constructed after the fire of 1900. It replaced a one-story wood-frame saloon building which was destroyed in the fire. Built by William J. Mulvenon, who arrived in Pre…