By Judy Stoycheff

Recently, two boxes of what appeared to be old medicine bottles, tins, and tubes were donated to the Sharlot Hall Museum. They were collected several years ago from the building that the Eagle Drug Store occupied at 102 West Gurley Street, on the northwest corner of Gurley and Cortez Streets from 1933 to 1981. As it turns out, most of the original contents of the bottles were not prescription medicines, but "patent" medicines issued before and near the time of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. Basically, this Act required ingredients, particularly dangerous and addictive ones, to be listed on the labels for tonics and other "medicinal" concoctions.

By Guy Coates

The Hassayampa Country Club had its beginning in 1919 and quickly became a favorite social establishment despite its primitive conditions. Late in 1939, the Club and 160 acres of surrounding area were purchased by Harvey Cory, who immediately began many improvements. The old clubhouse was torn down and a new one constructed. A pool was added, as well as, tennis courts. The sand and oil greens were replaced with cotton seed and were rolled three times a day.

By Guy Coates

During its heyday, the Hassayampa Country Club was considered by many to be the crown jewel of Prescott’s social life. From 1919 until 1969, it was a favorite destination for people from Phoenix to escape their scorching summer heat.

By Parker Anderson

In 19th-century Territorial Arizona, county lines had been drawn, but not with the boundaries they have today. Coconino County did not exist until 1891, and that area, including Flagstaff itself, was part of Yavapai County. Yavapai officials, already stationed in the county seat of Prescott, had their jurisdiction extending almost as far as the Utah border.

By Carol Powell

(Edited and enhanced by Kathy Krause)

In Santa Fe, NM, there is a place called Siringo Road. It was named for Charles A. "Charlie" Siringo who had a ranch in the area in the early 1900s. Charlie was born in Texas in 1855 and by age 15 was working on surrounding ranches as a cowboy, eventually becoming a trail driver and working the Chisolm Trail. In 1884, he quit the cowboy life, settled down and got married, becoming a merchant in Caldwell, Kansas. It was there he began writing his first book, "A Texas Cowboy; or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony." A year later, it was published to much popular acclaim – one of the first real looks at the cowboy life by someone who actually lived it.

By Tom Collins

The year 1886 marked a significant turning point in Territorial Prescott’s cultural life. Hon. Levi Bashford built an addition to Howey’s Hall and installed upholstered chairs to make a first-class opera house of the existing theatre on the second floor. And a talented young German immigrant, Prof. Ludwig Thomas, arrived in Prescott in time to make the remodeled theatre ring with the sound of music. Under Thomas’s baton, local singers and musicians flourished as never before, making Prescott the cultural capitol of Arizona.

By Goodie Berquist, PhD

In the archives at the Smoki Museum in Prescott, there is an unusual document: a copy of a letter addressed to the "Captain and Crew of the Smoki Bomber." It has no date or address given. Did such an airplane actually exist? If so, what role did the City of Prescott play in its creation? Did such an airplane see action in wartime?

(This article was written by Sharlot M. Hall, founder of Sharlot Hall Museum, and first appeared in the Prescott Courier on December 24, 1930.)

Sixty-six years ago the snow lay white over the hills; the tops of the high peaks were crystal white and cold; the pine and cedar and juniper trees were sparkling like trees on a Christmas card. Winter begun early in 1864, and by the middle of December the trails were mostly snowed under and lost – all but those often traveled which led to the placer gold mines on Lynx Creek, or to Walnut Grove and the camps on the Hassayampa.

By Richard M. Cesario

During the hard times of the depression years, Rosie earned a living as a carpenter and roofer while working for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). It was through the WPA that he got a job instructing in music at Fort Whipple. In 1933-34, he worked with the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) as a tree skinner, climbing trees and cutting out the blight. In 1936, he was employed in the TB ward at Fort Whipple Hospital.

By Richard M. Cesario

Prescott’s beloved Leonard "Rosie" Ross died on April 21, 2009 at the age of 103. He was a patriot extraordinaire, a generous philanthropist and was honored and valued by all who knew him. You may have seen him on the TV commercial which aired on CNN, CNBC, Fox News and other networks for Genworth Financial where he mentioned he could be found "every Friday night at the Pine Cone Inn" Supper Club playing his trumpet and dancing. He was 100 years old at the time the commercial was made!