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Prescott,
Arizona
"THe Western
Victorian City"
 Prescott is located in Arizona’s
central mountains; four mild seasons offer just enough variation to
make the weather interesting. Prescott is located 96 miles northwest of Phoenix
and 90 miles southwest of Flagstaff, Arizona. The city was established in 1864,
incorporated in 1881 and is the seat of government for Yavapai County. The city
is named in honor of noted historian William Hickling Prescott.
GOLD - Its discovery
in 1861 brought national attention to what later became the Territory of
Arizona. These discoveries drew the attention of President Abraham Lincoln who
was looking for possible sources of funding for the North during the Civil War.
Arizona became a Territory February 24, 1863. John Goodwin, the .rst
Territorial governor, established Prescott as the .rst Territorial capital, and
Robert Groom and a partner began the work of laying out the current downtown
streets.
Prescott developed
rapidly, and in 1865 it was described as being built exclusively of wood and
inhabited almost entirely by Americans. Both of these facts made it unique
among early communities in Arizona. Prescott lost its title as the Capital of
Arizona to Tucson and .nally to Phoenix in 1889. In 1900 a devastating .re
burned a large portion of downtown Prescott to the ground. Many of the
buildings you see today were rebuilt following the .re. Today many of
Prescott’s residential streets are lined with tall trees and pitched-roof
frame houses, including turreted Victorians. Prescott has over 700 homes and
businesses listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and its granite
courthouse set among green lawns and spreading trees re.ects the Midwestern and
New England background of Prescott’s early pioneers.
Prescott is located in
northern Arizona only 100 miles from Phoenix, 100 miles from Flagstaff, 30
miles from Jerome, 40 miles from
Sedona, 20
miles from Camp
Verde, 2 miles from
Cottonwood
and about 20 miles from Sedona. You can even
make a day trip to the
Grand Canyon from
here.
Once in Prescott,
there are many things to see and do. Why not check out the many unique
shops in Prescott, or relax and have a bit
to eat at one of our many restaurants, listen
to some great music, take a stroll down whiskey row, hike, swim or just relax
.
Once you have spent
enough time shopping and relaxing in Prescott, why not check out one of the
communities close to us to see what they have to offer. There is just about
everything one could desire in the vicinity of Prescott, Arizona.
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