Early History:
Hohokam, Yavapai & Apache Indians have all dwelled in the Bradshaw
Mountains, beginning in 1100 AD.
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| 1800’s |
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| 1864 |
Battle Flat skirmish |
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14 Apache Indians & 1 miner were killed. |
| 1870 |
Gold & silver discovered on the Del Pasco claim |
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Bradshaw gold & silver rush begins! |
| 1875 |
The Crowned King’s first claim was discovered |
| 1888 |
A post office was established at the Crowned King |
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George P. Harrington as the first postmaster. |
| 1888 |
One of the first business ventures to spring up near the Crowned King |
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Mine was a saloon. |
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1897 Crowned King Mine has a post office, company store, several |
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saloons, two Chinese restaurants and a feed yard.
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| 1900’s |
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| 1904 |
Town burns; Saloon saved! |
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Crown King General Store established; Railroad arrived. |
| 1916 |
Current Saloon moved from Oro Belle to Crown King. According to |
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Bruce Wilson’s “Crown King and the Southern Bradshaws: A Complete |
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History,” Tom Anderson was “the man who probably lived in Crown |
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King longer than anybody else” and had the saloon moved piece by |
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piece to its current location. |
| 1917 |
Crown King School is established & first Church built. |
| 1950 |
Fire in Crown King; Church burns, Store & Saloon barely saved. |
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Thirsty fire-fighters knocked back most of the Saloon’s contents after |
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the fire was extinguished. |
| 1972 |
Battle Flat fire destroys over 28,000 acres. |
| 1986 |
Fire Station built on the site of the original church. |
| 1988 |
Tie House burns, Saloon saved! |
| 1995 |
The Mill at Crown King opens, first new business structure built in |
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over 75 years. |
| 2003 |
Switchback Bar & Cafe burns; Saloon saved! |
| 2004 |
Crown King General Store celebrates 100-year anniversary. |
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Now:
80 to 100 full-time residents
Hiking & Riding trails to explore
Rowdy event weekends that might go down in history! |
