Prospector Ed Schieffelin was making a joke… September 21, 1877. Prospector Ed Schieffelin files a claim on a site in Southeast Arizona known as...
How Tombstone Got its Name
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The Old Scout
Pauline Weaver: Prescott’s First Citizen When old Joe Walker, one of the West’s most famous explorers and his party of prospectors arrived at...
The Battle of Battle Flat
Five Prospectors vs. 50 Yavapais Maps & Graphics by Gus Walker Based on the research of John Langellier and Jack McPhee June 2,...
Henry Wickenburg
Gold prospector Henry Wickenburg had been frustrated in his attempts to find the yellow metal. He’d missed Captain Joe Walker’s expedition up the...
Chaos of a Boomtown
A Yankee prospector’s scrapbook of his summer in Nome reveals the hardships of the Arctic gold rush. On a stormy May 23, 1900, Connecticut native...
The Last of the Old Time Prospectors
Shorty Harris’s bonanzas and burros were almost as legendary as he was. He may be the last person to have been buried on public property after it...
Alfred Packer
Alfred Packer was a prospector, miner and claimed to be a seasoned guide however he never mentioned he was prone to lose his way. During the harsh...
A Fortuitous Detour
Granville Stuart made a left turn—and made Montana history. Granville Stuart made a huge mark on Montana during its early years. He was a cattleman,...