On Lewis Avenue (Business Route 40) at 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Lewis Avenue.
The hotel opened March 1, 1907, and was built of steel and concrete in the Mission Style of Spanish architecture. The hotel covered a space of 420 X 200. Cost was approximately $115,000.
On the ground floor of the structure was the lunch room . . . — — Map (db m33499) HM
On Lewis Avenue (Business Route 40) at 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Lewis Avenue.
Ash Fork is located near the 35th Parallel where, in the 1850's the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers began surveying a future railroad route. Camels were imported and used as beasts of burden, adding to the colorful history of the region. A . . . — — Map (db m33442) HM
Built circa 1926-27
by the Arizona Department
of Transportation
This building constructed of Moenkopi Sandstone, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Ash Fork Camp location was selected because it is a . . . — — Map (db m33443) HM
On Lewis Avenue (Business Route 40) at 5th Street when traveling west on Lewis Avenue.
Ashfork, Arizona
Founded 1882
The Coming of Route “66”
1926
Ash Fork was a junction point of the Old Trails (Route 66) and the Grand Canyon – Nogales Highways (US 89), leading to the southern sections of the state. . . . — — Map (db m33502) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 96E) 4.5 miles north of State Highway 97N, on the right when traveling north.
Cypress Copper ― Bagdad Corporation
In memory of
WJ. Pace and J.M. Murphy
Who filed the Bagdad claim January 1, 1882;
John Lawler who patented the claim in
1889; and the Lincoln family who developed
the mine. — — Map (db m31552) HM
Mining was the lure that opened Arizona to Anglo-American settlement and, subsequently, led to its statehood. However, Arizona mining began with the Spanish discovery of the rich Planchas de Plata silver deposits just west of Nogales in 1736. In . . . — — Map (db m40777) HM
A colorful administrator, he is credited with establishing the basic location of Arizona's billion-dollar Interstate Highway System. He served as State Engineer twice, from 1924 to 1928 and from 1945 to 1951.
He devoted much of his final term to . . . — — Map (db m40780) HM
Near East Hollamon Street 0.3 miles North Montezuma Well Road (Arizona Route 260).
The Crook Road begins at this point
with the first in a series of mile markers
across the Mogollon Rim segment of the
military supply trail connecting Forts
Whipple, Verde and Apache. Reconnoitered
in 1871 by General George Crook with a . . . — — Map (db m28561) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
It is no coincidence that this diorama made its debut at the same time ladders were removed and access to the cliff dwelling ended.
Before the official end of guided tours of the cliff dwelling on October 1, 1951, park rangers had . . . — — Map (db m251673) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
The abundant alcoves and rock shelters found in cliffs throughout the Verde Valley served as homes, storage units, and spiritual sites.
Wind and water have sculpted countless alcoves, holes, and crannies in the soft layers of the . . . — — Map (db m251679) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
Water, shelter, building materials, arable land, and other environmental conditions made the Verde Valley an ideal place to live.
Montezuma Castle is the most obvious structure here, but it was part of a larger community that . . . — — Map (db m251684) HM
The bachelor officers lived a somewhat spartan lifestyle, not altogether unexpected considering the low pay, slow promotion, frequent moves, and the amount of time spent in the field. Although these quarters were designed to have three bedrooms, . . . — — Map (db m250262) HM
On General Crook Trail (South Access Road) 0.2 miles east of Interstate 17 Exit 285, on the right when traveling east.
The oldest settlement in the Verde Valley. Site of historic Fort Verde. The first settlers came into the valley in February, 1865, followed by the military in August, 1865. Original military and historic buildings still stand. — — Map (db m40814) HM
All of the buildings at Fort Verde were built in the typical architectural style once found at nearly every 1870s military post in the United States. There are probably fewer than a dozen such buildings left west of the Mississippi River.
This . . . — — Map (db m250261) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
To construct their cliff home, residents made use of a naturally eroded alcove and fit 20 rooms into the shape of its contours.
Why build a home in a cliff face? There are many possibilities: proximity to water and farmland, to stay . . . — — Map (db m251687) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
Between approximately 1100 and 1400, the Castle neighborhood also included a larger pueblo and numerous small alcove homes in the cliff face along Beaver Creek.
Nestled in a limestone cliff overlooking the creek, Montezuma Castle . . . — — Map (db m251691) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
Around the year 1400, people began leaving their homes here. Five hundred years later, its walls were still largely intact.
The builders chose their home site wisely, taking advantage of the shelter that a natural alcove provided. . . . — — Map (db m251685) HM
Fort Verdes flagpole was designed like a ships mast, just like many other military fort flagpoles that were built in the 19th century. This design supports an upper and lower timber, which allows for the use of shorter logs. Often a single tree . . . — — Map (db m159103) HM
On Hollamon Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Mythology of a Western Fort
Fort Verde is typical of western forts built in the 1870's and 1880's but our vision of forts comes from movies. Log stockades with towers and John Wayne fearlessly firing his rifle at attacking Indians. The . . . — — Map (db m40815) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
While many details of life in this settlement will never be fully known, it is clear that farming, craft, and trade thrived here.
The space where you have been walking was a small part
of the farmland cultivated by the people of . . . — — Map (db m251677) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
Memories, stories, and traditions continue to bind people today to this cultural heritage site.
The community surrounding Montezuma Castle was one of related households both familial and social units. The Hopi Parrot, Bear, Water, . . . — — Map (db m251657) HM
On E Hollamon Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Civil War has ended, the country opens up for expansion in the West, and conflicts of a different nature face the L.L.S. Military. The Indian Wars of the 1870s-1880s brought soldiers to Arizona to protect the settlers and brought challenges to . . . — — Map (db m159088) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
Around 1400, after centuries of settlement here, families began leaving their Verde Valley homes.
The archeological record suggests that from 1350 to 1400, people began to leave the valley and join larger pueblos to the north and . . . — — Map (db m251675) HM
On North Montezuma Castle Highway 2 miles north of West Highway 260 & South Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Upper Plaque:
Pecan Lane Rural Historic Landscape
Lower Plaque:
Pecan Lane Rural Historic Landscape was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 2000.
Pecan Lane played a significant part in the . . . — — Map (db m27855) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
This cliff may seem a featureless stone face with a few holes and broken walls, but look closely and the rocks reveal the outline of a once large and vibrant neighbor to Montezuma Castle.
Because Montezuma Castle suffered extensive . . . — — Map (db m251682) HM
On South Coppinger Street at East Hance Street, on the left when traveling south on South Coppinger Street.
One of three made in Ames Iowa in 1920. Powered by a 90 HP 4 cylinder Hercules gas engine, LPX patent. Bucket capacity 1 cubic ft. This link belt excavator power shovel was used in the Camp Verde Salt Mine in 1928. — — Map (db m251643) HM
There were two married officers quarters built at Fort Verde in 1871, both designed in the Mansard style. The style “disguises” the second floor by extending the line of the roof down. It was a popular style from the 1850s through the . . . — — Map (db m159091) HM
The foundation before you is from one of two Married Officers Quarters. This two-story building was architecturally identical to the Commanding Officers Quarters, but with a reversed floor plan.
After the U.S. Army abandoned the fort, the . . . — — Map (db m159101) HM
Each permanent military command was required to have a physician. The Post Surgeon was allowed these rather spacious accommodations because patients were treated and surgery was performed here.
The Post Hospital was located at the northeast . . . — — Map (db m159092) HM
Near East Holloman Street 0.2 miles north of Arizona Route 260.
The following named individuals were assigned, either permanently or temporarily, to Camp Verde, Arizona Territory. While stationed here their personal action in combat was above and beyond the call of duty, earning them the nation's highest . . . — — Map (db m28593) HM
On Montezuma Castle Road 1 mile east of Beaver Creek Estates Road.
Montezuma Castle invites us to pause in wonder at the ingenuity of the people who began building it over 700 years ago.
Ancestors of today's Puebloan peoples built and occupied the Castle. We can only speculate why they chose to . . . — — Map (db m251692) HM
On South Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
In memory of Wales Arnold.
Co. E, 5th Cal. Vol. Inft.: Scout in
Apache Wars: Post trader at Camp
Verde: Pioneer farmer in Verde
Valley: and of his wife, the
beloved ”Aunty Arnold” of
all the Verde. — — Map (db m100022) HM
On Arizona Route 89 at milepost 333, on the right when traveling north.
Site of original Camp Whipple established December 1863
From January 22 to May 18, 1864 the offices of the Territorial Government of Arizona were operated from tents and log cabins here, before being moved to Prescott the first permanent . . . — — Map (db m33444) HM
From a few rooms on the hilltop to a 110-room pueblo, this dwelling transformed over centuries as increasing numbers of people came together to form a community.
The pueblo you see today was not built all at once or with a plan, but . . . — — Map (db m250272) HM
Since excavation exposed them to erosion, floors and wall segments have required ongoing preservation treatments.
A building held together with mud mortar requires regular upkeep. After the original residents moved on, the mortar eroded, . . . — — Map (db m250276) HM
Clarkdale was planned, owned and developed by William A. Clark of Montana, owner of the United Verde Copper Company on Cleopatra Hill in Jerome. In 1911 Clark decided to change from the extraction process of mining to an "open pit" method. Because . . . — — Map (db m33200) HM
We can learn a lot of information about the people who lived in the pueblo from what they left behind.
The hillside below you was a refuse site that yielded clues about the diet and daily life of the people of the village. We know they . . . — — Map (db m250274) HM
Although they shared similar lifestyles and cultures, the people living here held some traditions that differed from their Puebloan neighbors to the north.
In this room, excavators discovered a partial wall underneath the floor - people . . . — — Map (db m250273) HM
An exploration of Tuzigoot pueblo inspires questions, answering some while provoking others. The story along this trail recounts people both ancient and modern.
Along this 1⁄3-mile (0.5 km) loop trail, you will find the remains . . . — — Map (db m250267) HM
After calling Tuzigoot home for centuries, shifting circumstances heralded change for the people of the Verde Valley.
Tuzigoot and other pueblos throughout the Verde Valley were occupied for hundreds of years-longer than the United . . . — — Map (db m250281) HM
People have long been drawn to settle in the Verde Valley for its plentiful food sources, water, and natural shelters.
The earliest people to arrive here left behind fluted spear points that date to 13,000 years ago. About 1,500 years . . . — — Map (db m250270) HM
The mineral deposits hidden in this landscape sustained life in the Verde Valley in the past and today.
Just as minerals in the land sustained this prehistoric hilltop village, the copper beneath the earth provided the basis for founding . . . — — Map (db m250278) HM
At varying times in the past, local economies and people's cultural practices depended on the Verde Valley's mineral resources.
For the people of Tuzigoot, rocks were the source of material for paints, adornments, and stone carvings that . . . — — Map (db m250277) HM
If Tuzigoot's plaza served a role like those of pueblos today, this flat, open area between rooms would have been the hub of social and ceremonial activities.
In modern Hopi society, plazas are central to the pueblo community. The plaza . . . — — Map (db m250280) HM
On 1st N Street at North 9th Street, on the right when traveling west on 1st N Street.
The U.V.C.C. Clarkdale smelter was built through the vision of William A. Clark, owner of the United Verde Mine in Jerome. The Smelter was constructed between 1912-1915 to replace the outdated Jerome smelter.
On May 26, 1915 the first furnace . . . — — Map (db m33199) HM
On Santa Fe Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1863 Pauline Weaver and Abraham Peeples came from California to find gold. They found gold and the rush was on. In 1887 The Congress mine was formed and the town had a name. On March 14, 1895 the railroad came. Congress was booming. In 1910, . . . — — Map (db m59977) HM
On U.S. 89 at milepost 274, on the left when traveling south.
Erected
in Memory of
Charles Churchill Small
Member American Society of
Civil Engineers
1874 [ Relief of Charles Small ] 1932
Father of Arizona Highways — — Map (db m29470) HM
Congress, Arizona was born as a gold mining camp on the side of the
Date Creek Mountains where locally known prospector Dennis May claimed
to have discovered gold in 1870, although his claim of discovery continues
to be disputed. In 1887, May . . . — — Map (db m235866) HM
Verde Valley has been an active farming region for over 1000 years. During that entire time irrigation canals or "ditches" connected to the Verde River to provide water necessary for native crops, pastures, orchards, and landscaping.
Modern use . . . — — Map (db m250263) HM
Verde Valley has been an active farming region for over 1000 years. During that entire time irrigation canals or "ditches" connected to the Verde River to provide water necessary for native crops, pastures, orchards, and landscaping.
Modern use . . . — — Map (db m250265) HM
The trail was used from the 1890's to the early 1900's to transport people and goods by horse and wagon between Clarkdale, Jerome and the Sedona Area, This trail was located and marked between Deadhorse State Park and Red Rock State Park on the . . . — — Map (db m250266) HM
In 1890 James and Adeline Hall purchased 130 acres here above the junction of the Agua Fria River and Lynx Creek. The Halls named their homestead "Orchard Ranch" and, with the help of their children, Sharlot and Ted, produced apples and beef. . . . — — Map (db m33059) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A) at First Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Before the Bartlett Hotel, the Grandview Hotel, a wooden structure built in 1895 stood here as the first two-story building in Jerome. It had rooms for dances, dining and sleeping. In 1898 the structure was destroyed by fire. The Bartlett Hotel was . . . — — Map (db m33166) HM
On State Park Road, on the left when traveling east.
Largest wooden headframe still standing in Arizona, it was completed in 1918 to haul ore up from mine. Shaft is 1900 feet deep, concrete lined with cross tunnels every 100 feet to Edith shaft. Edith shaft headframe was completed in 1915 to haul men . . . — — Map (db m108834) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A) at Jerome Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
This native stone and brick building was built in 1898. David Connor, proprietor, was an Irish-American who originally owned the Stone Saloon on the site of this hotel. In 1897 he added the second floor and called his building the Hotel Connor. . . . — — Map (db m33155) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A), on the left when traveling east.
With Jerome's rough and tumble early days came the red-light district and prostitutes. Much of the red-light district was located on Hull Avenue, the road below Main Street. In 1913, reformers helped pass an ordinance restricting houses of ill fame . . . — — Map (db m33154) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A), on the left when traveling east.
This building was originally a brothel known as Jennie's Place. It was built in 1898 by Legendary Madam Belgian Jennie Bauters, who came to Jerome from Belgium in 1896.
This was her third building on this site. The first burned down in . . . — — Map (db m33152) HM
This is one of the two old furnaces found in place on The Hampton Lode, United Verde Copper Company Mines, at Jerome Arizona on March 5, 1888 when I first visited the property. I started operation on this furnace and also the other one on May 22, . . . — — Map (db m33147) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A), on the right when traveling east.
The original Jerome Town Hall was built in the late 1800s. The town quickly outgrew the small space and by 1929 a bond had passed to enlarge the old brick building. New construction was to be of concrete. In addition to enlarging town hall, a police . . . — — Map (db m33145) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A), on the right when traveling east.
The first mining claims were filed in 1876, within 20 years Jerome was a billion dollar copper mecca and one of the wildest, wickedest mining towns in the west. Drinking, gambling, brawls and frolicking with ladies of the night occurred . . . — — Map (db m33149) HM
On Hampshire Ave. (Arizona Route 89A), on the right when traveling east.
Jerome is perched on the side of Cleapatra Hill over rich ore deposits. In 1876, mining claims and a mill were located near the town. These claims were purchased in 1882 by the United Verde Company, and the tent camp was named Jerome after Eugene . . . — — Map (db m108878) HM
Near Hull Avenue near Diaz Street, on the right when traveling north.
Back in 1905, the town jail was in the basement of what was then the Tony Kauzlarich House below the Dicus and Wagner Garage. Louis St. James was the magistrate and conservator of the peace.
What is believed to be Jerome's 3rd jail was located . . . — — Map (db m71963) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A), on the right when traveling east.
Laura Williams owned the antique museum which housed numerous artifacts from Jerome. Laura was one of the founding members of the Jerome Historical Society and served as the Secretary/Treasurer from 1953-1974. She was an employee of Newmont . . . — — Map (db m33189) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A) at Verde Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
You are standing at the second story entrance to what once was a three story primary school. The land was purchased, a bond was passed and construction began in 1913. It opened May 29, 1914 to graduate 3 seniors: Francis Lyons, Gertrude Rothermel . . . — — Map (db m33191) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A) at Jerome Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
The mine museum, one of Jerome's oldest commercial buildings, was purchased by J.S. Hoover and A.C. Cordiner from G.A. Stoney in 1896. The building was destroyed in a fire in 1898. An architect from Los Angles built the present building with steel . . . — — Map (db m33157) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A), on the left when traveling east.
The New State Motor Company building was built of concrete in 1918 under the ownership of Dan Shea. A car dealership and show room were located upstairs and a garage downstairs. Inside the building an elevator delivered cars to the lower floor. A . . . — — Map (db m33151) HM
This saloon was built in 1899 to replace the original structure that was destroyed by fire. It operated as the Senate Saloon with a Chinese restaurant downstairs. It soon became the largest gambling establishment in the southwest. During prohibition . . . — — Map (db m33164) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A), on the right when traveling east.
This one-half story wood frame structure with corrugated sheet metal was built in the 1920's. It was the Reese and Amster White Garage and Machine Shop. Vehicles sold by Reese and Amster included the Chrysler 50, 60 and 70 and the Maxwell Car, which . . . — — Map (db m33150) HM
This piece of equipment was the first successful mining device to replace human labor in removing the rubble from underground hard rock-blasting. The Model 12B, which weighs 4,200 pounds and requires 60 to 125 pounds-per-square-inch air pressure, . . . — — Map (db m122889) HM
On Main Street (Arizona Route 89A), on the right when traveling east.
Built in 1917, the first floor of this four-story apartment, housed the Independent Meat Company. A passage was built from the cooler of the meat company up to the apartments to allow cool air to pass into them. Originally there were nine . . . — — Map (db m33190) HM
On Hampshire Avenue (Arizona Route 89A) east of Douglas Road, on the left when traveling east.
Two electric locomotives and one ore car recently were put on display on Main Street. The locomotives, "motors" to the miners, and the ore car are 36-inch gauge, the same size track used by the narrow gauge railroad that traveled between Jerome . . . — — Map (db m157600) HM
On State Park Road, on the left when traveling east.
State-of-the-art Audrey shaft and headframe was the largest facility of its kind built by the United Verde Extension (UVX) Company during its years of operation. The shaft was constructed in 1918 only after the location of an extraordinarily rich . . . — — Map (db m108833) HM
On Douglas Road (AKA State Parks Road, on the left when traveling west.
Fossil Creek and its springs provided an ideal power source for a hydroelectric power plant. The springs gushed a constant water flow of over one million gallons an hour, and the terrain of the creek allowed for a drop of 160 feet in the less than . . . — — Map (db m122896) HM
On N. Jerome State Mine Museum Road, on the left when traveling west.
In 1900 rancher Lew Turner filed a claim for the waters of Fossil Creek; a year later, he filed a claim to the spring and headwaters that fed it. Among the possible uses he listed was the production of electric power. With a constant flow of over a . . . — — Map (db m122899) HM
On Hampshire Avenue near Upper Gulch Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Gibson Market was originally built as a grocery store with an above apartment in 1917 by James and Ethel Hamilton. After Ethel's husband died in the flu epidemic of 1918, she was the sole proprietor until 1929. In 1919, Ethel married Myron L. . . . — — Map (db m33192) HM
On N. Jerome State Mine Museums Road, on the left when traveling west.
In 1941, with the new United Verde Smelter in Clarkdale coming on line, the demand for power in Yavapai County was more than the Childs generating station, built in 1909, could handle. The Arizona Power Company (TAPCO) and the United Verde Copper . . . — — Map (db m122897) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 89A), on the left when traveling east.
In 1896, one of the first wooden structures built in Jerome occupied this site and was known as "The Saloon". The Saloon building survived two years before succumbing to fire, which destroyed most of Jerome in 1898. The structure was rebuilt only to . . . — — Map (db m33165) HM
On Queen Street, on the left when traveling south.
Jerome, Arizona, 1906. Ignac and Mary Svob, Croatian immigrants, arrive in town with their infant daughter, and begin a family that would become well known in Jerome for their strong work ethic, love of family, and sense of loyalty.
Left to . . . — — Map (db m132966) HM
On Jerome Avenue at Main Street ( Route 89A), on the left when traveling south on Jerome Avenue.
Carl E.C. Whitten, graduate of Jerome High School and son of immigrant parents, worked for the Prescott Evening Courier before moving back to Jerome in 1927. Carl purchased the Verde Copper News which began in Jerome in 1917. He purchased the . . . — — Map (db m33163) HM
On Skull Valley - Kirkland Road 0.1 miles north of Kirkland Road, on the right when traveling north.
In the late 1800's, Thomas Earnhart erected the Kirkland Store on the site of today's Kirkland Bar and Steakhouse.
In the early 1900's, Louis Haselfeld assumed ownership and opened the Haselfeld Store. The original wood frame building burned in . . . — — Map (db m33046) HM
In 1932, Charles Bell constructed this trail through the rugged canyon of Wet Beater Creek. It was, and still is, used to move cattle up and down the Mogollon Rim. Bell Trail is six miles to the edge of the Rim and climbs a rocky 1200 feet in the . . . — — Map (db m187583) HM
Lifeline
Beaver Creek has always been a major focus of life in the Verde Valley. Prehistoric Sinagua farmers constructed Montezuma Castle and other structures near the creek. They dug ditches to carry creek water to irrigate the fields of . . . — — Map (db m40868) HM
Could This Stone Be The Opening to a Macaw Pen?
Where Did This Stone Come From?
Who Used It?
Why Is This Stone at Montezuma Castle?
Did the Ancient Sinaguans Possibly
Raise Macaws Here?
In the 15th century, near modern-day Casa . . . — — Map (db m40895) HM
Near Montezuma Castle Road. Reported permanently removed.
A farming community of perhaps 200 people prospered here for more than three centuries. The Castle was home to 35 or so of these people. Archeologists suggest they may have fled what is today the Flagstaff area due to overpopulation around A.D. . . . — — Map (db m40840) HM
Near Montezuma Castle Road. Reported permanently removed.
The Neighborhood
You can see Montezuma Castle and Castle A from here. If you look closely at the Cliffside, you might spot other ledges and caves used by the Sinagua.
The Sinagua people who made their homes here may have been a . . . — — Map (db m40869) HM
Near Montezuma Castle Road. Reported permanently removed.
Heres another castle this one called A by the archeologists who excavated it in the 1930s.
Like neighboring Montezuma Castle, Castle A was occupied by Sinagua farmers between A.D. 1200 and 1450. However, with 45 rooms and an estimated . . . — — Map (db m40863) HM
Near Montezuma Castle Road. Reported permanently removed.
The Way Up
How in the world do you build a structure large enough to house 35 people high up on a steep canyon wall? Sound impossible? Heres how Montezuma Castles ingenious Sinagua farmers managed it.
Near Montezuma Castle Road. Reported permanently removed.
Pause a few moments to enjoy this view of Montezuma Castle. Don't you suppose it must have stopped the settlers and soldiers who first saw the cliff-dwelling over a century ago?
The odd name came from a mistaken belief that the cliff-dwelling . . . — — Map (db m40819) HM
Built 1876, Abandoned 1882
Prescott Santa Fe Stage Line
Distance 507 miles
Division point between Pine Springs N.E. & Prescott S.W. Road built before 1866 used by military, emigrants & mail. Only road to Verde Valley until 1870. . . . — — Map (db m94810) HM
On Grand Canyon Caverns Road, on the right when traveling west.
An Arizona natural wonder in continuous operation since 1927.
Recognized by Hampton Hotels Save-A-Landmark program as a site worth seeing — — Map (db m194739) HM
On Scarlet Drive, on the right when traveling south.
A few hundred yards north of here stood the American Ranch Inn, a popular stopping place on the Ehrenberg-Hardyville wagon road. Located at the intersection of the two historic routes, the Ranch was a one day ride from Prescott.
In 1865 . . . — — Map (db m293362) HM
Territory of Arizona
MCMX ― MCMXI
Home for Aged and Infirm Arizona Pioneers
Established by act of the Twenty-Fifth Legislature under the administration of Governor Joseph H. Kibbey.
Erected under the direction of the Board . . . — — Map (db m33047) HM
To those responsible for the Arizona Pioneers' Home
A. J. Doran
Introduced enabling legislation - 1907
Supervised construction - 1910
First Superintendent – 1911
George D. Morris
Reintroduced
Successful enabling . . . — — Map (db m32903) HM
On Gurley Street (Arizona Route 89) west of Cortez Street, on the right when traveling west.
Originally this was the site of A.G. Dunn's Butcher Shop, which provided fresh locally grown beef from Dunn's ranch. This was followed by Hubbard's drug store which was later owned by W.W.Ross. The drug store was purchased by Harry Brisley in 1899. . . . — — Map (db m20292) HM
Coles Bashford arrived in Prescott in 1864 and was the first President of the Territorial Legislature. In 1874, Coles, his brother Levi, and son William formed a partnership with Robert Burmister. The Bashford-Burmister Company became one of the . . . — — Map (db m18806) HM
The International Society of Arboriculture and the National Arborist Association jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here during the American Revolutionary Period. 1776 1976.
[Added brass . . . — — Map (db m18861) HM
Citizens Cemetery was founded in early June 1864 with the burial of Colorado legislator Joel Woods. Established on public land east of Prescott and southwest of Fort Whipple, the cemetery has been known at various times as “Town . . . — — Map (db m21668) HM
On West Goodwin Street west of South Cortez Street, on the right when traveling east.
This Romanesque/Classical Revival building was constructed in 1895 and served as both a fire station (on the first floor) and the City jail (on the second). It is one of the two buildings facing the Courthouse Plaza that survived the fire of 1900. . . . — — Map (db m33090) HM
On Gurley Street (Arizona Route 89) at Washington Street., on the right on Gurley Street.
Since 1908, the area of Prescott now known as Ken Lindley Field has been used as a public park and ballfield. The land was deeded to the City of Prescott by Charles T. and Ada M. Joslin in 1922. As Mrs. Joslin requested, the City later . . . — — Map (db m21161) HM
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