Did You Know?
Here are some history highlights from the Cave Creek Museum.
Conestoga Wagon
The Cave Creek Museum features terrific art in addition to historical artifacts and exhibits. A popular piece is a bronze, created by Jasper D’Ambrosi in 1975, called “Way West.” [...]
Wickenburg Massacre
Sunday, November 5, 1871 was the end of the line for six passengers riding the Arizona Stage Line about six miles outside of Wickenburg, another died later, and one passenger lived [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mormon Girl Mine
In the 1870s, the mountain we know as Black Mountain was known as Mormon Boy Mountain. An old prospector named Sweeney, along with his dependable burro Martha, found gold [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]