The visit to the Yuma Territorial Prison was meant to spur a bit of Old West nostalgia. We were in the Arizona desert over the Christmas holiday visiting family. The prison was built on a bluff ...

It explains about the building of the prison and the dirty details on some of the inmates. Visitors gain an understanding of what they will see while spending time at the prison. A visit offers an ...

Who haunts the old Yuma Territorial Prison? Only in Arizona: Inmates included murderers, thieves and polygamists, but it's the ghosts of those who didn't make it out that sends chills down the ...

The Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park hosts this competitive showdown that draws some of the fastest and most accurate guns in the West.

Down the road from the prison and also part of the state park system is the Yuma Quartermaster Depot. Established in 1864, the depot supplied frontier Army posts in Texas, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.

By The Way A haunted prison is the worst place to sleep on vacation Yuma’s abandoned prison has dark corners and even darker history. What about ghosts?

In the Hollywood blockbuster "3:10 to Yuma," a down-on-his-luck rancher attempts to deliver an outlaw to the territorial prison here.

The prison’s museum displays old pictures dating back to that time. It also has vintage Yuma high gear displaying the school’s mascot, the Yuma Criminals, inspired by the school’s unique ...

Here on a bluff above the Colorado River, the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park sits on seven acres, a remnant of the Old West just a 2½-hour drive from San Diego on Interstate 8.

The former officers, who brutally beat a 37-year-old man, received prison terms ranging from three years to more than two ...

A movement to save the prison from further destruction began in the 1930s when the community of Yuma organized an effort to save the remaining structures. In 1958 the Yuma Territorial Prison ...