Did You Know?
Here are some history highlights from the Cave Creek Museum.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.” [...]
Cattle Kate
Cave Creek had its own version of Annie Oakley. Her name was Catherine J. Jones. She was about five feet tall and known as “Cattle Kate” (she preferred Catherine). [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
