Dewey Arizona & Yavapai County: Area History

Spanish explorers were the first to travel through Yavapai County. Antonio de Espejo visited the Jerome area in 1581, Juan de Onate explored it in 1604 and
Friar Francis Garces visited in 1776. Yavapai County is one of the 4 original Arizona counties formed in September of 1864, one year after the Arizona
Territory was established.

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The county was named after the Yavapai Tribe, whose name means the "people of the sun." The county was originally 65,000 square miles and was called the "Mother of Counties" because Apache, Coconino, Gila, Maricopa and Navajo counties were later formed from it. The territorial government was also born in Yavapai County, the capital being originally located in the county in the city of Prescott.

The California "49ers" crossed the northern part of the county in 1849 on their way to the California gold-rush and after the Civil War there was a marked influx of Southerners into the territory.

As with much of the Southwest, the history of the area predates the formation of the Arizona Territory and of the county. Pre-historic Indian artifacts can be found in ancient Indian Pueblos and mounds throughout the county. The greatest concentration of artifacts are found in the Verde Valley where the Sinagua Indians arrived around 500 A.D. and created dwellings at Tuzigoot and Montezuma's Castle.

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