Yarnell Public Library
The Yarnell Public Library is located at 22278 North Highway 89 (phone: 520-427-3191). It has extensive, unique information on the area as well as a large collection of local newspapers and newsletters. The library also contains important published material about proposed local mining projects.
Books
The following books in the Southwest collection are not always available at other libraries in the District.
Arizona Public Service Company. Dawn on the Desert: An Arizona saga of …people…power…progress. Printed by APSC, 1961. Commemorative booklet of APSC 75 years in Arizona.
Freeman, Danny. History of Yavapai Calf Plan. Prescott: Prescott Printing Company, 1982. Produced by Yavapai Cattle Growers.
Hawkins, Helen B. A History of Wickenburg to 1875. Wickenburg: Maricopa Historical Society, 1971.
Richardson, Gladwell. Two Guns, Arizona. Santa Fe: Blue Feather Press, 1968.
Yarnell-Peeples Valley Centennial, 1892-1992: Lest We Forget, no printer listed.
Newspapers
- Arizona Traveler 1990: (file name)
Actually, it contains the Jerome Traveler: (route from Grand Canyon/Williams to Wickenburg, April through Nov. 1990, generally 16 pp)
- The Arizona Traveler 1991 (file name) The Traveler ("From Williams to Wickenburg") same paper but slightly altered-e.g., title, etc. News, ads-tourist type paper, Jan-Sept and Dec., 1991
- The Arizona Traveler
January-December, 1992
January-Nov., 1993
January-May, 1994, June, September
October, Nov. 1995,
Feb., March, August 1996
- Centennial Express: It says "Full Set:" there are 11 issues, 1992-93
- The Mountain Messenger, 1955-56: Small newspaper (newsprint) published in Yarnell; local news, not complete set
- Mountain Top News: various issues, 1975-76 approximately 15-20 issues
Yarnell newsletter: published by classes in Creative Communication, Yavapai College, Yarnell Extension class
- Mountain Top News: Yarnell, AZ., various issues, 1975-76:
They start with this header: "We're thankful we are on our own!"
This issue of Mountain Top News was written and financed by the people of Yarnell. Yavapai College still printed the newsletter, but the local community provided the money.
- Mountain Views: a professional monthly publication serving southwest Yavapai County
Complete set 1993, 1994, 1995
- Yarnell Senior Citizens newsletter: Jan. 1981-June 1984, locally produced newsletter, about 10 copies, various dates
- Yarnell Periodical: local newsletter, 8 ½ x 11, home produced, Jan 1970-Sept 1970, weekly generally 4 pp., $.10
- Yarnell and Peeples Valley News, 2/11/83-6/25/83
Documents on reference shelf
Draft Environmental Impact Statement: The Proposed Yarnell Mining Project, June, 1998: US Dept. of Interior, BLM, US EPA, Region IX, SF, (2 inches thick, pages not consecutively numbered)
Yarnell Project: Yavapai County AZ, Mining Plan of Operation, March, 1996, (three ring binder) submitted by Yarnell Mining Company, Inc., a subsidiary of BEMA Gold (US) Inc. to US Dept. of Interior, BLM, Phoenix. The binder has about 2 inches of official documents, plans, maps, etc.
Annual Meteorological, air quality, and sound data report. Yarnell Gold Project, Sept 1, 1992-August 31, 1993, prepared for BEMA Gold (U.S.) Inc., Phoenix: Prepared by Air Sciences Inc., Lakewood Colorado, Oct 1993: facts, figures; 3 ring binder, approximately 2 inches thick
Spiral bound, 5 books prepared by Groundwater Resources Consultants, Inc., Tucson, AZ, October 1996
Water quality:
- Baseline Hydrologic Characterization Report for the Proposed Yarnell Mind Project, Yavapai County, AZ., (two volumes) June 15, 1996
- Appendix 1 Test Pumping Results, Section 28, Wellfield, October, 1996, rev.; May 20, 1997
- Computer Simulation of Groundwater Withdrawal for Proposed Yarnell Mine, Yavapai Col., Arizona, Jan 22, 1998
- Appendix H: Test Pumping results: well 28 CD, September 20, 1996
Vertical files
- Yarnell Daze file
pamphlet for 1994
loose collection (in envelope) photos 1976, about 20
loose collection of photos, not always identified, 1987, snapshots, color, perhaps 20
- Yarnell/Peeples Valley
"Centennial Book 1992"
Clippings file: copies of newspaper and written articles
Yarnell Burro Express
"The Pioneers of Yarnell/Peeples Valley," 9 typed pages
Charlie Genung: 1839-1960 (from a story by Bill Roberts in The Jerome Traveler (April 1990)
Several poems
Two typed manuscripts on people in the area. One is 3 pages, one is 8 pages.
1938 newspaper
The Yarnell Yelp 1936-38 various issues:
Copy of part of issue, March 19, 1932 [?]--hand/home done, mimeographed, 8 pp. There are several copies of originals of this news letter, very fragile,
One copy: Mountaintop News (Yarnell) February 28, 1977 20 pp (donation $.10, locally done newsletter)
- This is Arizona: Fiftieth Anniversary, large telephone-type book, state history, ads, 1962, done by Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.: 555 pages
- Arizona History: General
Prescott Chamber of Commerce pamphlet, 1990s
Copy of The Smoke Signal (1964) Tucson Corral of Westerners, about Camp Date Creek
Various newspaper and magazine clippings (approximately 10)-several by Roscoe Wilson, but source and dates are not on these clippings about history, mostly of this area, Skull Valley, mostly from local and state publications
- Arizona mining: Fabled past, solid future: Arizona Mining Association, large booklet, 1969 or 1970
- Yarnell Historical Material
Centennial Express, 1992 March-December, 1992
Minutes and agendas for Yarnell-People's Valley Chamber of Commerce, 1992, members, etc.
Various area publications that give area history
Centennial committee materials, of various sorts
Copies of logo for the Centennial
Interviews with Vernon Pike, given to library with tape: done by various people, Lee Sorrels, Fred Towne, Betty Randall, no date given typed, 18 pp
Photos of the celebration on loose sheets (some pasted on, some loose, about 20)
Schedule of Events (printed pamphlet)
The Smoke Signal: spring and fall, 1982, newsletter of Tucson Corral of the Westerners
Miscellaneous clippings that are duplicates of those in scrapbooks, 5-10 from 1970s and 1980s
Pamphlet from Yarnell Community Presbyterian Church, 50th Birthday, 1944-1994
The Ranch House Bulletin (free), 1 sheet (8 ½ x 11)
Separate section for Yarnell School: Various legal papers, 1926, 1940, 1973, to do with investments bond elections
Various manuscript. copies of autobiographies and historical pieces,
Autobiography of Charles B. Genung four pages, no date
Biography of Elzy John Pike (from AZ National Livestock Show Ranch Histories Vol. I, 8 pp, no date
Interview with Vernon Pike, 18 pp no date
Roy and Hazel Hays, 4 pp from AZ National L SRH, Vol. II
Some transcripts of other articles as old as 1911 (approx. 5)
US Dept. of Interior Geological Survey, 1947: copy, Ground-water resources of Peeples Valley, Arizona, by H. M. Babcock and S C. Brown, 14 pp
Arizona Highways with articles on Yavapai County, May 1960
- Child's type notebook: "To Our Friends at Yarnell Public Library" Mrs. Bailey's class, no date, 10 students, handwritten notes about the library (second graders?)
- Yarnell Library
Records, clippings, typed notes, records, communications, workers who contributed time, other information on donations 1977, 1978
Section on the building, receipts, etc., 1981-82
Folder, approximately 50 pieces, Yarnell Library correspondence, 1975-99
Various printed materials from State on collections assessment, etc.,
- Census reports (copies, 1910, area around Yarnell, 1900, area around Yarnell, 1880, District 21, includes Yarnell area, 1870 Yavapai County, 1920, area around Yarnell)
- Yavapai County History
1938 newsletter (in other file as well, see above)
Copy of Yavapai County (large pamphlet, historical, in other places of the county, no publisher, no date) probably 1940s? or late 1930s
Yavapai portfolio and other various printed pieces from mid-century on Yavapai County
Some miscellaneous clippings, 1980s and 1990s
Information on Yarnell Group of Gold Mines sold, etc., 1914-1940 (doesn't clearly list news source)
- Genealogy: 8 charts of area families (done for a class?)
Letter from man named Herb Yarnell (1998 letter)
- History file has clippings, often undated, other copies, etc., approximately 10 pieces
- Arizona Highways: April 1925
- Large folder on the library and the building: plans, information on building materials,
- Historical Record of Ladies Auxiliary 1967-1969
Chapter 7, connected with Veterans of WWI of the USA Barracks 2463
Photos, clippings, hand-written notes on activities and personnel, perhaps 250 page
Scrapbooks
"Yavapai County and Yarnell History Scrapbooks." Three scrapbooks: the first has about 100 pages; the other two are smaller (approximately 40 pp)
They include travel and local brochures, post cards, photos, clippings, generally of historical materials, in journals or local papers, written up in the 1980s.
Some of the post cards and a few photos are historic (from the turn of the century); some are from the 1940s, up to late 1990s.
Large original print of a photo of Yarnell Gold Mining Co., Arizona Photograph Co., Prescott Arizona, not dated, but it has to be turn of the century or before, judging by hats.
"Our Library:" Scrapbook (three ring binder)
Envelope of photos (approximately 25) of 1995 Yarnell Daze Float, people not identified
Sections: Guests, donors, history, information from 1976 (newsletters, fliers, clippings, other notes).
Yarnell Scrap Book, donated by Donnie Volkman, 1964
Three ring binder with photos and post cards, identified by date but not always people, colored and black and white, mostly early 1960s,
Copy of manuscript, "Saga of Antelope Valley," by Bert Kinnister, 2/65
Pamphlet: "The Tattler Knows All," a small pamphlet, no date, from Rainbow Hills on faith, inspiration, life on other planets, 8 pages
Yarnell Arts and Crafts Association, 1974, 1975: three ring binder
1 inch thick, minutes, membership, notices of shows, communication with Arizona Arts and Humanities Association
A few loose photos (in envelope, subject not identified, must be from same years)
