"Old Yavapai"

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS "Old Yavapai" YAVAPAI COUNTY PAUL FANNIN Governor of Arizona ARIZONA HIGHWAY COMMISSION

This month our pages are devoted to Yavapai County, Arizona, U.S.A. If we tried for two weeks of Wednesdays, we couldn't take you to a nicer place. Living, as we do, in a desert city, we always thought of Yavapai County as the cool pine country around Prescott, or the green sublimity of the Verde Valley bordered by the imposing red cliffs of the Sedona-Oak Creek Canyon country. Well, Yavapai County is all of that and more, too. Yavapai County is Joshua tree and cactus and just about everything else in between. Yep, old Yavapai is a lot of colorful terrain wrapped up in one package and the package is tied up in ancient history, romance, modern history, the legends of the mountain men, the gallop of the U.S. Cavalry, tales of grizzled prospectors along lonely creeks, and the silence and dignity of Nature unadorned. Boy, are we wearing our talking teeth today!

When we started getting our pages together for this month we were sure lucky. We were looking for someone to tell us something about Prescott and did we hit it rich. We met Mrs. Pauline Henson. The Henson family moved to Prescott not too long ago after Mrs. Henson's husband had retired from a long and honorable career in the Army. Now the Hensons (there are two growing sons) are happy where they always had wanted to be. When we asked: "Why Prescott?" we got our answer, and we are pleased to share it with you.

And, then, for an overall portrait of old Yavapai, we called upon Charles Franklin Parker, ably assisted by Jeanne Humburg, to do the chores, and how well they have done them! Old Yavapai is a grand story and they have told it well.

In conclusion, we bring you a piece about Mr. and Mrs. Penn who bought a ghost town in Old Yavapai and propose to live there happily ever after. Who couldn't be happy in a ghost town named Bumble Bee? Then we end with a visit to Yarnell. There are lots of places we missed but we hope when you are through with these pages this month you'll like, as we do, one of our favorite Arizona counties, Old Yavapai . . . R. C.

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COLOR CLASSICS FROM ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

This Issue 35mm. slides in 2" mounts, 1 to 15 slides, 40 each; 16 το 49 slides, 356 each; 50 or more, 3 for $1.00. Catalogue of previous slides sent on request. Address: Arizona Highways, Phoenix, Arizona. F-5 In Prescott National Forest, Yavapai County, cov. 1; VR-7 The Verde & Tuzigoot, cov. 2; TC-36 Air View-Jerome, cov. 2; MM-2 Ancient Castle in Limestone, cov. 3; MW-4 Still Waters of Montezuma Well, cov. 3; SS-1 In the Shrine of St. Joseph-Yarnell, cov. 4; GD-4 Rocky Splendor of Granite Dells, p. 17; TC-37 Prescott, Arizona, p. 18; TC-38 Rodeo Parade-Prescott, p. 18; L-69 Watson Lake near Prescott, p. 19; RE-1 Castle Hot Springs, p. 19; R-8 Sheep Crossing-Verde River, center spread; V-46 Yavapai Panorama, p. 22; GD-5 Granite Dells-Prescott, p. 22; FA-12 In Chino Valley, p. 23; V-47 Black Canyon Country Yavapai County, p. 23; L-70 Summer-Horse Thief Basin, p. 24.

FRONT COVER

"IN PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST-YAVAPAI COUNTY" BY DAVID MUENCH. 4x5 Graphic View camera; Ektachrome E3; f.20 at 1/5oth sec.; Zeiss Tessar 5" lens; early September; sunny, bright day; Meter Reading 400; ASA rating 50. Photo taken in the Prescott National Forest, near Prescott, in Yavapai County. All summer and into fall the flowers add their charm to serene forest landscapes in this pleasant highland where the air is spicy with pine scent and filled with the sound of the trees singing above flowered meadows. This high forest area usually receives heavy rainfall in late July and August, which results in spectacular flower displays in September. Prescott National Forest is a natural recreation area for residents of Central Arizona.

OPPOSITE PAGE

UPPER-Photo taken with a 4x5 Crown Graphic camera; Ektachrome; f.16 at 1/50th sec.; Ektar lens; June; bright sunlight; 15 light value on G.E. DW68 meter; ASA rating 50. Taken on the south side of the Verde River across from Tuzigoot National Monument. Tuzigoot was probably built in the 1050's and reached its peak by 1300. By 1350 it was completely evacuated for no pottery later than 1350 (dated by tree ring method) has been found at the ruin. Tuzigoot was created a National Monument July 25, 1939.

LOWER-Photo taken with a Crown Graphic camera; Ektachrome; f.8 at 1/400th sec.; Ektar lens; October; bright sunlight; 20 light value on G. E. DW68 meter; ASA rating 50. This photograph was taken from a plane looking southwest over Mingus Mountain showing U.S. 89A winding its way through historic and picturesque Jerome. Once one of the richest copper camps in the world, the town now is a placid "ghost city." In the seventy years the mines were in production at Jerome, they produced over half billion dollars in mineral wealth. In the late 'oo's a Mexican driver used 200 burros to haul domestic water to Jerome. History knew him later as Pancho Villa.