Did You Know?
Here are some history highlights from the Cave Creek Museum.
Hohokam Shell Jewelry
The prehistoric Hohokam are known for their extensive canals in the Phoenix Basin. They are also known for their kiln-fired ceramic pottery and their legacy of pecked-petroglyphs found and [...]
Fort McDowell
After the end of the Civil War in April, 1865 and about two-and-a-half years after Arizona became a territory, Fort McDowell was established about twenty miles southeast of future [...]
The Three Sisters
The prehistoric Hohokam, the ingenious, canal-building farmers, developed “polycropping;” that is planting maize (corn), beans, and squash together. This agrarian trinity became known as “The Three Sisters.” Maize was [...]
Alfred C. Lockwood
The first Cave Creek school was the classic one-room building encompassing first through eighth grade, taught by one teacher. The school was built in 1886 near the Cave Creek [...]
Cave Creek Onyx
The Cave Creek mining district, one hundred and forty-four square miles, was known for gold, silver, and later “red gold” we know as copper. Early miners noticed ledges of [...]
The First Cave Creek Post Office
Cave Creek was founded in 1870, but it took the town’s post office 92 years to acquire the name Cave Creek Post Office. For most, this is a startling [...]
Frank “Mr. Cave Creek” Wright
He was known as “Mr. Cave Creek.” When Frank W. Wright passed in 1982 at the age of eighty-nine, he had lived in Cave Creek for sixty years. You [...]
Mrs. Frances C. Carlson
The Cave Creek Museum opens for an exciting 46th season on October 1st. There will be a sense of sadness because the Museum lost a cherished friend and a respected [...]
