History & Geography
If I could Turn Back Time
If I Could Turn Back Time
Wayne Fredrick Treptow
Imagine if you could go back in time and change history, erasing the deeds of the most- evil man on the face of the earth in 1936. I am talking about the (Fuhrer) Adolf Hitler. What would you do if you had a chance to change history? You could surmise that it would be a good thing, or a bad thing. This is the story of such an occurrence that could happen, and the lives of men whose decisions to change history may change their lives forever.
Camp Verde First 50 Years
Camp Verde The First 50 Years
T.C Noble
This is a historical account of the first 50 years of Camp Verde, Arizona. The history includes nearly all of the Verde Valley. Camp Verde is the oldest settlement in the Verde Valley, and the Sutler’s store was the first commercial building. Those who came here after the store was built used the Sutler’s store for their Post Office, grocery store, information source, and general gathering spot. While efforts were pointed at the Camp Verde story, many who directly affected the town’s development lived in the surrounding areas. These areas are now called Cottonwood, Rimrock, McGuireville, and areas adjacent to Camp Verde. The account begins in 1865 going until 1915 with complete references to places and people.
Making the Mural
Making the Mural
Compiled by Barbara Nelson
Muralist Dana Cohn
Established in 2022, the Granite Creek Trail Mural Project in Prescott, Arizona has as its mission to create outdoor art for public benefit, starting with this mural. At over 400 feet long, it is the longest single contiguous mural by an individual artist in the state of Arizona! Dana Cohn is that artist. The muralist on this Project, he received his Master of Fine Arts at Yale University and has exhibited nationally and internationally.
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Jennie's Journal
Jennie's Journal
Wyona Holms Jaffe
The story of the life of Jennie Lee Hawkins Holmes came about as a result of my interest in Arizona history in general and my family history in particular. My grandmother, Jennie Lee, was born in the Arizona Territory in February 1891. She passed on parts of the family history by telling the stories of her early life to her children and grandchildren. She also kept a personal journal, excerpts from which are to be found throughout this book. To preserve these stories for future generations, my daughter Deborah and I began working with Grandma Jennie by putting her oral history on tapes.
10 Reasons Why
10 Reasons Why It's Not in the Superstitions
Glenn Rogers
Nowadays, if you want to find gold, you go to an area where gold has been found. Previous prospectors have already located the hot spots where gold can be found, and the mines have been profitable. One hundred and thirty-four years ago, Jacob Waltz gave his clues to his mine, and not one person has found it. People have made the Lost Dutchman story of locating the mine like an Indiana Jones episode. Jacob Waltz never drew a map to his mine. There are no secret codes, no windows in the rocks. It is a simple story. All we have is what Jacob Waltz allegedly said on his deathbed in 1891, dying from probable pneumonia when he was eighty-three years old. I have ten reasons his mine is not in the Superstition Mountains. And I will give you a pretty good idea where it is.
Rocks of Ages
Rocks of Ages
Kevin Decker
The start of it all was when Kevin was in the Army stationed in Turkey. He traveled the area and saw where Noah’s Ark was supposed to be at the base of Mount Arrat. He became infatuated with studying the area. He was a map reading expert and knew how to use the Goggle Satellite imaging to compare the notes with the actual facts. He studied the sands of time and realized that it left a trail of evidence as the Pacific Ocean carried Noah’s Ark across Asia over the Himalayan Mountains and onto Mount Arrat in North Eastern Turkey
The Grandest Canyon
The Grandest Canyon of them All
Kevin Ray Decker
The Grand Canyon is located in the Four Corners Region of Southwestern America. It was widely believed to be made by the Colorado River over millions of years. But with the advent of Google Earth Satellite imagery we are able to see a much larger canyon that exists across five states, all the way from the Flaming Gorge Canyon in Wyoming throughout Utah, Colorado, Mexico and Arizona.
When following the Colorado River’s escarpments all the way to the Gulf of California, it seems to end its mighty course somewhere near the Salton Sea in California. Never really recreating anything like the Grand Canyon along its course to the ocean.
The Old Scrapbook
The Old Scrapbook
Barbara Caballero
My mother's old scrapbook is faded and worn, as it well may be, for it has traveled many miles over a long period of years. Always I kept it with me after it came into my possession, and as I read it in later years I felt its story should be written.
The Old Scrapbook is a chunk of history and drops the reader into the current lifestyle of that era. It was originally penned by my grandmother as a story in the 1900's. It is a true story which starts in Ohio. The family ventures out west to Arizona and participates in the Oklahoma Run in 1889. All of the character's names are not changed from the original individuals.
Nichols and Mickles
Nichols and Mickles
Nichols and Mickles: They All Came Together
Jerry Macke
with contributions by Doris (Dodie) Mickle-Macke (wife of Jerry Macke) and Les F. Mickle (brother-in-law).
Early pioneers, such as the Mickle family, made their way to the Verde Valley; coming by mule, horseback and covered wagons to build and to stay. Their courage, toughness, and vision opened up a new land which became home for their families. This book is a report of one family’s adventure. The book starts out with a 1909 photo of Les Mickle and his father Frederick Maxwell Mickle in two Jerome Dairy Wagons pulled by horses on their way to deliver milk and cheese to the miners in the small town of Jerome, Arizona.