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YARNELL / PEEPLES VALLEY - (prepared by the Arizona Department of Commerce)
SKULL VALLEY
KIRKLAND
PRESCOTT
PRESCOTT VALLEY
CHINO VALLEY
DEWEY-HUMBOLDT
CAMP VERDE
WINERIES IN THE VERDE VALLEY
WINERIES IN SEDONA
YARNELL / PEEPLES VALLEY - (prepared by the Arizona Department of Commerce)
Yarnell and Peeples Valley are on U.S. Highway 89, approximately 80 miiles northwest of Phoenix. Yarnell, the hill and the community, were named for Harrison Yarnell, who discovered and worked the Yarnell Mine in the 1890's. Abraham Peeples, who had a ranch in the valley which bears his name, came to the area in 1865.
www.y-pvchamber.com/
www.stjoseph-shrine.org/ shrine yarnell
www.y-pvchamber.com/mountaintown/YarnellAttractions.htm
SKULL VALLEY -
Skull Valley is a small, unincorporated, rural ranch community. It is located twelve miles west of Prescott. Skull Valley was home to George Phippen (1915-1966), a well known western artisit. The area has a rich history, see the links below for more information.
www.sharlot.org/library-archives/days-past/how-skull-valley-got-its-name/
www.skullvalley.org/
KIRKLAND -
Kirkland is located approximately 25 miles southwest of Prescott, near the Weaver Mountains, along State Route 69.
William H. Kirkland, wife and children came to the area in 1863 and named it Kirkland Valley. Mr. Kirkland was a miner and a farmer. He raised the first crop of barley ever raised in what is now called Yavapai County.
www.sharlot.org/library-archives/days-past/kirkland-store-and-hotel/
PRESCOTT -
Prescott was founded in 1864 as the Territorial Capital of Arizona. Though three of the names originally proposed for Prescott were "Audubon", "Goodwin City" and "Aztlan", the name "Prescott" was chosen in honor of William Hickling Prescott, author of The History of the Conquest of Mexico. The Arizona Miner reported that the name was accepted because Prescott was "a good citizen, a true patriot, with industry, perseverance under difficulty, amiability of character and love of country."
www.cityofprescott.net/history/historic.php prescott az history
www.prescott.org/history.html prescott az history
www.prescottlink.com/history.htm prescott az history
www.sharlot.org/
PRESCOTT VALLEY -
Prescott Valley (PV), formerly known as Lonesome Valley, was settled by ranchers in the 1880s, raising beef to supply the miners and new settlers. On of Pv's landmarks, Glassford Hill (elevation 6,177 feet (1,883 m)) was once an active volcano between 10 and 14 million years ago. Colonel William A. Glassford traveled the area in the 1880s and helped build a system of 27 heliograph stations to monitor the movements of Apache Indians, U.S. military troops and civilians. Glassford Hill was a part of that early communications system. As today, it stands as an extinct volcano. Prescott Valley was incorporated on August 22, 1978.
www.pvaz.net/index.aspx?page=32
www.azjerome.com/pages/prescottvalley/prescottvalley.htm prescott valley az history
CHINO VALLEY -
Chino Valley is the site of the first Territorial Capital of Arizona. The capital moved to Prescott, 15 miles (24 km) away, in 1864. U.S. Army Cavalry Lt. Amiel W. Whipple, while traveling through the area in 1854, gave the community its name. "Chino" is the Spanish name for the abundant curly grama grass growing in the area. The town of Chino Valley was incorporated in 1970.
www.chinovalley.org/history.html
www.sharlot.org/library-archives/days-past/history-along-route-89-from-chino...
www.azjerome.com/pages/chino/chinovalley.htm chino valley az history
DEWEY-HUMBOLDT -
After discovery of gold on Lynx Creek in the spring of 1863, the Dewey area was settled around the summer 1863 by pioneer prospector, rancher and Indian-fighter King Woolsey (1832–1879), who founded the Agua Fria Ranch, in what was then known as "Woolsey Valley," to supply the miners. The Agua Fria post office closed in 1895. When a new post office opened in 1898, the community was renamed Dewey, probably to honor Admiral Dewey's great victory that year at the Battle of Manila -- this was the height of the Spanish-American War. Another post office was established at Val Verde (Humboldt) in 1899. Dewey-Humboldt was incorporated on December 20, 2004 located adjacent to one another in the Agua Fria River Valley, 15 miles east of Prescott.
www.dewey-humboldt.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=1 dewey az history
www.arizonahighway69chamber.org/dewey-humboldt.htm dewey az history
CAMP VERDE -
As the oldest community in the valley, the Town has a unique history, dating back to the early 1860′s. Settlers first began migrating into the Verde Valley because of the mining industry. The first military establishment was a temporary post overlooking the farms at West Clear Creek. In 1865, the next post, Camp Lincoln was established. In 1865 the name was changed to Camp Verde. The post was moved to its present day site in 1871, due to the onset of a malaria outbreak. In 1878, the name was changed to Fort Verde to signify permanence. The fort was occupied from 1871-1891; with the post officially closing in April of 1890.
www.azstateparks.com/Parks/FOVE/
www.campverde.az.gov/community/vision-statement-2/
WINERIES IN THE VERDE VALLEY -
www.vvwinetrail.com/ wineries in the verde valley
WINERIES IN Sedona -
www.sedonaverdevalley.org/wineriesvineyards.html
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