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67) Flagstaff
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Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
On July 4, 1876, immigrants from Boston traveling to California were camped at Antelope Spring in a valley just south of the San Francisco Peaks. To celebrate the nation's centennial, the pioneers stripped the branches off a tall pine tree and ran up Old Glory. This event gave Flagstaff its name. Six years later, in 1882, the Atlantic and Pacific Railway reached Flagstaff and a small settlement was born.
68) The Hopi people
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Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Contains captioned, archival photographs that provide insights into the history and unique culture of the Hopi people.
70) Prescott Valley
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Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When gold was discovered along Lynx Creek in 1863, the area that would later become Prescott Valley began to attract attention from the outside world. Miners came and so did the military, which established Fort Whipple in nearby Prescott but made use of Glassford Hill as part of a communication system. By the early 1900s, homesteaders, merchants, freighters, and ranchers had also arrived. As the 20th century progressed, what had been a peaceful stretch...
75) Camp Verde
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Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In February 1864, a party of 17 men and two women left the security of the territorial capital at Prescott, Arizona, and headed east into the Verde Valley, homeland of the Yavapai and Apache. Drawn by the promise of ample water, rich bottomland, and lush grassland, the party established a farming and ranching community near the confluence of West Clear Creek and the Verde River. In spite of conflict with the Yavapai and Apache, the settlement survived,...
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