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Early History:
Hohokam, Yavapai & Apache Indians have all dwelled in the Bradshaw Mountains, beginning in 1100 AD. |
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| 1800’s | |
| 1864 | Battle Flat skirmish |
| 14 Apache Indians & 1 miner were killed. | |
| 1870 | Gold & silver discovered on the Del Pasco claim |
| Bradshaw gold & silver rush begins! | |
| 1875 | The Crowned King’s first claim was discovered |
| 1888 | A post office was established at the Crowned King |
| George P. Harrington as the first postmaster. | |
| 1888 | One of the first business ventures to spring up near the Crowned King |
| Mine was a saloon. | |
| Late | 1897 Crowned King Mine has a post office, company store, several |
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saloons, two Chinese restaurants and a feed yard.
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| 1900’s | |
| 1904 | Town burns; Saloon saved! |
| Crown King General Store established; Railroad arrived. | |
| 1916 | Current Saloon moved from Oro Belle to Crown King. According to |
| Bruce Wilson’s “Crown King and the Southern Bradshaws: A Complete | |
| History,” Tom Anderson was “the man who probably lived in Crown | |
| King longer than anybody else” and had the saloon moved piece by | |
| piece to its current location. | |
| 1917 | Crown King School is established & first Church built. |
| 1950 | Fire in Crown King; Church burns, Store & Saloon barely saved. |
| Thirsty fire-fighters knocked back most of the Saloon’s contents after | |
| the fire was extinguished. | |
| 1972 | Battle Flat fire destroys over 28,000 acres. |
| 1986 | Fire Station built on the site of the original church. |
| 1988 | Tie House burns, Saloon saved! |
| 1995 | The Mill at Crown King opens, first new business structure built in |
| over 75 years. | |
| 2003 | Switchback Bar & Cafe burns; Saloon saved! |
| 2004 | Crown King General Store celebrates 100-year anniversary. |
| Now: 80 to 100 full-time residents Hiking & Riding trails to explore Rowdy event weekends that might go down in history! |
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