By Stan Brown
This is Part 1 of a three part article. Part 2 was published on June 28, 2008 and Part 3 was published July 12, 2008 and all are in the SHM L&A Days Past Archives.
The Las Fuentes Resort Village in Prescott, off Ruth Street, comes by its name naturally, which is Spanish for "springs" or "fountains." It is situated on the site of several artesian springs that bubble out of their granite prisons at the northern end of Miller Valley. The area was originally called "West Prescott." The springs form headwaters for the North Fork of Granite Creek, the primary drainage for the Prescott area and the uppermost tributary of the Verde River.
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