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6 unusual facts about Yavapai County


Ella Cinders

Road signs for Prescott and Wickenburg indicate the setting is in Yavapai County, Arizona.

Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District

The Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District serves Sedona, Oak Creek, and Red Rock, Arizona.

Sharlot Hall Museum

Opened in 1928 by Sharlot M. Hall as the Old Governor's Mansion Museum, it is dedicated to preserving the history and folklore of Yavapai County, Arizona.

The Call of the Canyon

The Call of the Canyon was filmed in Red Rock Crossing in Sedona, Arizona.

Yavapai County, Arizona

Yavapai County was one of the four original Arizona Counties created by the 1st Arizona Territorial Legislature.

:*About 25% of Yavapai County is owned by the State of Arizona as state trust lands, managed by the Arizona State Land Department.


Andersonite

It was first described in 1948 for an occurrence in the Hillside Mine near Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai County, Arizona.

Bayleyite

It was first described in 1948 for an occurrence in the Hillside mine, north of Bagdad, Yavapai County, Arizona and named for mineralogist William Shirley Bayley (1861–1943) of the University of Illinois.

Robert H. Paul

Bob was joined in 1879 by Al Sieber and Johnny Behan in a chase for the robber and murderer during the stage holdup near Gillette, Arizona (near present-day Tip Top, Arizona in Yavapai County).


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