By Mick Woodcock

Not all of Arizona’s native fish reach an edible size. A number of varieties only grow to a few inches in length at maturity such as the Virgin spinedace, Lepidomeda mollispinus, as opposed to the Colorado pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus lucius, which can reach a length of six feet. In many historic reports, the word “fish” is used without referencing size or type, so it is difficult to determine much about the original species.
 

By Mick Woodcock

At one time, Arizona’s rivers and streams teemed with native fish species. Many of them were exotic-looking to immigrant eyes, such as the bonytail chub, while others like the Apache trout had a more familiar look.

By Mick Woodcock

Modern day downtown Prescott bears only a vague resemblance to its early territorial self. While the Plaza is still there and the streets run in the same directions, most of the buildings we see date from the 20th century. Most are brick and constructed as a result of a devastating fire in 1900, that burned the buildings on the west and north sides of the Plaza. Most of the buildings were wood and were easily consumed by wind driven flames.

Frieda Margaretha (Schuerman) Loy, daughter of Johann Georg Heinrich and Karoline Dorotte Schuerman, was born April 12, 1898, at Oak Creek Ranch near present-day Sedona, Coconino and Yavapai Counties, Arizona Territory. Frieda’s parents were German immigrants who had limited English-speaking abilities.

Arenetta “Nettie” (Rand) Kennedy, daughter of Charles Jefferson and Juanita (Herrora) Rand, was born April 8, 1892, in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. She came with her parents to Light, Cochise County, Arizona Territory, in 1902 and attended school through the eighth grade.

Mary Ruth (Payne) Todd was born on March 23, 1899, in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory, the only daughter of Edwin Clement and Maris Anna (Wing) Payne. Her grandfather, Thomas Wing, who moved to Prescott in 1882, coined the name “Granite Dells,” which has become a popular colloquialism for the entire area that was once called, "The Point of the Rocks.”

By Eric Jacobson

In June 1864, the townsite of Prescott sold property lots for the first time to the general public, with buyers’ names recorded on a map by surveyor Robert Groom. Surprisingly, one of the names was Quon Clong Gin. He bought a lot on the east side of Granite Creek on Granite Street between Goodwin and Gurley, which became the center of Prescott’s Chinatown. He was a later buyer of this lot as the May 29, 1869 Weekly Arizona Miner stated … “A veritable young Celestial arrived at Fort Whipple, a short time ago. Should he live long enough to become a man, Yavapai County will contain one chinaman”.