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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QW3_delgadillos-snow-cap_Seligman-AZ.html
Juan Delgadillo built the now famous Snow Cap in Seligman, Arizona in 1953 out of scrap lumber.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ERD_cleator-arizona_Mayer-AZ.html
Cleator was established in 1884 as a placer gold mining site in the Turkey Creek Mining District. A post office opened in July of 1869, but closed a few months later. James Cleator came to Arizona in 1900 to prospect in the Bradshaw mountains. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DMU_simmons-arizona_Prescott-AZ.html
This is the site of ?the crossing' on the Mojave-Prescott "Hardyville" toll road. The road was authorized by the first territorial legislature and was built by W. H. Hardy, connecting Prescott with Hardyville on the Colorado River. William John…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D63_jeromes-famous-sliding-jail_Jerome-AZ.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AVB_vfw-bucky-o-neill-post-no-541_Prescott-AZ.html
Founded in Jan. 1921 and named after the famous Rough Rider William "Bucky" O'Neill, the post is the oldest active VFW post in Arizona. Born Feb. 2, 1860 in St. Louis, Missouri, his many accomplishments include being a Lawyer, Judge, Sheriff, Edit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QQ_congress-arizona_Congress-AZ.html
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, af…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149Y_plaza-bandstand_Prescott-AZ.html
As early as 1865, Lucian Bonaparte Jewell organized a Brass Band in Prescott, but by the 1870s the regimental bands from Ft. Whipple began to dominate the local music scene. The original Plaza Bandstand, built in the late 1800s, had survived the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10I4_the-old-verde-river-sheep-bridge_San-Francisco-AZ.html
Marker 1 - (Main Marker):The original Verde River Sheep Bridge, also known as the Red Point Sheep Bridge, was constructed at this location in 1943 by Flagstaff Sheep Company, which had been grazing sheep in the area under a Forest Service permit s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZR3_prescott-public-library_Prescott-AZ.html
Prescott's modern public library was dedicated on May 18, 1975. However, the history of a public library in Prescott goes back to August 1895, when seven local ladies founded the Women's Club of Prescott (now the Monday Club). They gathered a coll…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS4P_j-i-gardner-store_Prescott-AZ.html
J. I. Gardner came to Prescott with a pack train in 1879 and opened his first mercantile store in 1883. The J. I. Gardner Store was built on this corner in 1890. Gardner's motto was "all goods guaranteed to be first class". They carried every type…
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