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    Underground Prescott: A Historical Review of the Stories About Catacombs, Tunnels, Speakeasys, Opium Dens and Bordellos in Early Prescott, Arizona
    Underground Prescott: A Historical Review of the Stories About Catacombs, Tunnels, Speakeasys, Opium Dens and Bordellos in Early Prescott, Arizona
    Underground Prescott: A Historical Review of the Stories About Catacombs, Tunnels, Speakeasys, Opium Dens and Bordellos in Early Prescott, Arizona
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    Underground Prescott: A Historical Review of the Stories About Catacombs, Tunnels, Speakeasys, Opium Dens and Bordellos in Early Prescott, Arizona

    By Patricia Ireland-Williams

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    Underground Prescott is a historical look at the old west in Arizona's first territorial capitol, Prescott, Arizona. There are many stories about life underground whether it be passageways, tunnels, catacombs, opium dens, gambling halls, prohibition or brothels. Underground Prescott talks about this history and includes photos of areas below Prescott that are no longer accessible to the public.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateAug 19, 2013
    ISBN9781491704356
    Underground Prescott: A Historical Review of the Stories About Catacombs, Tunnels, Speakeasys, Opium Dens and Bordellos in Early Prescott, Arizona
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    Patricia Ireland-Williams

    Patricia Ireland-Williams is a native of Phoenix, Arizona. She holds a M.A. in Counseling from Arizona State University as well as a M.A. from Colorado State University in K-12 School Administration. Patricia has been a teacher, counselor, consultant and retired as a K-12 Administrator after 30 years of service. She and her husband retired to their favorite small town in the mountains of Arizona. Patricia is active as a volunteer in Prescott and is "The Birthday Lady" for People Who Care, is a docent for the Yavapai College Sculpture Garden and is past President of a historical and preservation group, Prescott Pines Questers.

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      Underground Prescott - Patricia Ireland-Williams

      UNDERGROUND

      P R E S C O T T

      a historical review of the stories about catacombs, tunnels,

      speakeasys, opium dens and bordellos in early Prescott, Arizona

      PATRICIA IRELAND-WILLIAMS

      iUniverse LLC

      Bloomington

      Underground Prescott

      a historical review of the stories about catacombs, tunnels, speakeasys, opium dens and bordellos in early Prescott, Arizona

      Copyright © 2013 by Patricia Ireland-Williams.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4917-0434-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4917-0435-6 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013914939

      iUniverse rev. date: 08/14/2013

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Early History of Prescott

      Growth comes to town

      The Chinese Community

      Prostitution

      The First Fire

      The Great Fire

      Reconstruction

      Tunnels (also known as Catacombs):

      The Palace

      Hotel St. Michaels

      Yavapai County Courthouse

      The Speak Easy

      Coyote Joes

      Basements

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