Haunted Canyon: How a Spooky Name Became a Sales Pitch, 1893–1896

Haunted Canyon: How a Spooky Name Became a Sales Pitch, 1893–1896 — updates · Anomaly LedgerAppend-only living-dossier updates for “Haunted Canyon: How a Spooky Name Became a Sales Pitch, 1893–1896”.https://anomaly-ledger.pages.dev/en-usCase file opened: Haunted Canyon: How a Spooky Name Became a Sales Pitch, 1893–1896https://anomaly-ledger.pages.dev/cases/haunted-canyon-name-1891/https://anomaly-ledger.pages.dev/cases/haunted-canyon-name-1891/Haunted Canyon, in the mountains between Superior and Globe, is said to have been named by a prospector who sat out a terrifying monsoon there in 1891. That story is hard to pin down. What the papers do show is the name in casual use by 1893, and by 1896 a Phoenix paper selling the canyon as “an ideal summer resort.”Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPublished