Abraham Lincoln was fighting the Civil War in 1863, when John Rutherford Walker discovered gold in Lynx Creek in Walker. A gold rush ensued, and Prescott was established in 1864 as a mining town. Abraham Lincoln was quoted later that year as saying “Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.”
There’s been […]
Prescott, AZ March 21, 2024- Crews plan to begin working on the Lynx Mastication project in the Lynx Lake recreation area on Friday, March 23 to thin approximately 95 acres in total along the Walker Road corridor where heavy equipment will be used to grind dead and down vegetation, shrubs, and brush beneath the timber […]
Correction – road maintenance is only occurring between MM 8.9 and 10.8
PRESCOTT, AZ – October 26, 2023 – Beginning Monday October 30, 2023, The Prescott National Forest, working in conjunction with the Yavapai County Public Works Department, will begin road work on Senator Highway (C56) at approximately Mile Marker 10.4.
Construction is expected to continue […]
National Forest Service released this info:
PRESCOTT, AZ – June 27, 2023 – Beginning at 8 a.m., Thursday, June 29, 2023, Stage 1 fire and smoking restrictions will be in effect across the entire Prescott National Forest.
The City of Prescott and Yavapai County will enter State 1 fire restrictions at the same time. Please visit […]
We’re back up but it was an interesting evening without Internet. We actually had to talk to each other.
Walker Wifi Customers:
All of Walker Wifi is out of service due to a fiber cut due to construction that is out of our control. We are thinking it happened near Frontier Village on Highway 69. […]
Looks like we’re all good.
I wouldn’t plan on drinking water from the ground, but we’re not all going to die from driving by.
It’s rust.
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) surface water and soil test results of orange water and soil in the area surrounding the former Sheldon Mine in Walker, Arizona, indicate […]
There are signs around Walker waning about this. They are apparently doing tests to see what it is.
I drive by the orange water every day. It’s very similar in color to the dirt nearby. We live in the forest.
ADEQ confirmed the presence of orange liquid and soils near E Sheldon Rd and S Midnight […]
It snowed over a foot yesterday. I had to plow the road last night and again today.
Here’s the video from my 360 degree camera.
We have yet another winter storm coming on Wednesday, scheduled to drop between a foot and a foot and a half of snow.
This is the most snow I remember getting in the 11 years that we’ve been here.
It’s relentless, but it should be over soon.
Summer’s coming!
Wednesday
Snow showers. The snow could be […]
It’s coming. Get ready.
If you’re not in Walker, stay away from Walker.
…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING…* WHAT…Heavy snow and blowing snow possible. Total snow
accumulations of 4 to 12 inches possible, with higher
accumulations over the highest peaks. Winds could gust as high
as 60 to 70 mph.* WHERE…Areas near […]
