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Anecdotal reports in Arizona

Arizona keeps 58 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

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Also filed anecdotal:Hawaii55 Virginia34 Michigan31 Louisiana29 Texas26 Pennsylvania24 Georgia24 California23

Other Arizona shelves:documented legends60 local folklore30 investigation claims9 media-reported hauntings5

High confidence

Hotel Monte Vista

Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff hotel with room-service ghost folklore.

6 claims · 5 legends→

High confidence

Jerome Grand Hotel

Jerome, Arizona

Former hospital associated with apparition reports.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Hotel San Carlos

Phoenix, Arizona

1928 hotel haunted by Leone Jensen, who leapt from the roof in 1928.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Hotel Congress

Tucson, Arizona

Historic hotel with apparition folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Bird Cage Theatre

Tombstone, Arizona

"Wildest, wickedest night spot" of the boomtown era—140 bullet holes in the walls.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Weatherford Hotel

Flagstaff, Arizona

The town’s first hotel—Zylpha’s honeymoon suite and the ballroom ghosts.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Two Guns

Two Guns, Arizona

The Route 66 ruin with the Apache Death Cave.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Yuma Territorial Prison

The desert prison where inmates built their own cells—and the "dark cell."

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hopi Mesas

Kykotsmovi, Arizona

The three mesas—Old Oraibi, the oldest continuously inhabited place in the U.S.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Monument Valley

Kayenta, Arizona

The mittens—the Navajo’s valley and the cinema’s West.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Canyon de Chelly

Chinle, Arizona

The canyon the Navajo never left—Spider Rock and the Long Walk.

2 claims · 1 legend→

El Tovar

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

The 1905 lodge on the rim—where Fred Harvey’s guests stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hubbell Trading Post

Ganado, Arizona

The 1878 trading post—still operating on the reservation.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hi Jolly tomb

Quartzsite, Arizona

The camel driver’s pyramid—1856, the Army’s camel experiment.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bisbee massacre site

Bisbee, Arizona

December 8, 1883—the five innocents hanged for the robbery.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Apache Pass

The pass where the Bascom Affair lit the wars.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cochise Stronghold

Pearce, Arizona

The Dragoon refuge—where Cochise is buried somewhere.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Skeleton Canyon

Douglas, Arizona

September 4, 1886—Geronimo’s last surrender, in the canyon of bones.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Charleston

Sierra Vista, Arizona

The mill town on the San Pedro—where the outlaws drank.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Slaughter Ranch

Douglas, Arizona

The "last of the gunfighters" ranch—on the border.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Casa Grande Ruins

Coolidge, Arizona

The "Great House"—the Hohokam’s four-story mystery.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Pleasant Valley War site

1882-92—the Grahams and the Tewksburys killed each other off.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Tom Mix memorial

Florence, Arizona

October 12, 1940—the cowboy star’s last ride.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Painted Rock petroglyphs

Gila Bend, Arizona

The boulder field where the Hohokam carved the rocks.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hotel Vendome

Prescott, Arizona

Prescott’s 1917 hotel—Abby and her cat Noble.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Orpheum Theatre (Phoenix)

Phoenix, Arizona

The 1929 vaudeville palace—Mattie’s balcony seat.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Boothill Graveyard

Tombstone, Arizona

1878 cemetery of the boomtown’s gunfighters, outlaws and quick deaths.

Wupatki

Flagstaff, Arizona

The pueblos the volcano fed—Sunset Crater’s survivors.

Sunset Crater

Flagstaff, Arizona

The ~1085 eruption—the cinder cone that changed the region.

Walnut Canyon

Flagstaff, Arizona

The cliff dwellings in the canyon—the Island Trail.

Montezuma Castle

Camp Verde, Arizona

The five-story cliff palace—misnamed for the emperor.

Tuzigoot

Clarkdale, Arizona

The hilltop pueblo over the Verde—110 rooms.

Hopi House

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

The 1905 pueblo-style building—Colter’s first canyon work.

Winslow

Winslow, Arizona

The corner where the Eagles put the town on the map.

Seligman

Seligman, Arizona

The town that saved Route 66—the Historic 66 birthplace.

Kingman

Kingman, Arizona

The route’s heart—the powerhouse, the depot, the desert.

Peach Springs

Peach Springs, Arizona

The Hualapai capital—where the canyon road begins.

Hackberry General Store

Hackberry, Arizona

The 1934 store—the Route 66 roadside shrine.

Truxton

Truxton, Arizona

The bypassed town—the Frontier Motel still stands.

Valentine

Valentine, Arizona

The "Heart of Route 66"—the schoolhouse and the station.

Ehrenberg

Ehrenberg, Arizona

The river port that died—where the ferry once ran.

Ajo

The copper town—the plaza and the open pit.

Organ Pipe

Lukeville, Arizona

The cactus monument—where the ranger’s memorial stands.

Supai / Havasu

The village at the canyon’s bottom—mail by mule.

Lavender Pit

Bisbee, Arizona

The open pit that ate the town—1974, the lavender hole.

Chiricahua National Monument

Willcox, Arizona

The standing rocks—the "Wonderland of Rocks."

Guevavi

Nogales, Arizona

The 1691 mission—Kino’s first, now ruins.

Calabasas

Rio Rico, Arizona

The mission and the fort—the site that moved south.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive