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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRXW_the-birth-of-a-mountain_Flagstaff-AZ.html
About 1,000 years ago, something spectacular happened in the lives of local Native peoples. Perhaps they first observed a change in animal behavior. Maybe they noticed the ground warming. Then the tremors increased in number and intensity. By the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRXN_the-power-to-symbolize_Flagstaff-AZ.html
As a living ancestral homeland to the Hopi, Zuni, Yavapai, Havasupai, Navajo, Western Apache, and Southern Paiute, Sunset Crater is remembered, revered, and cared for.
People return often, bringing prayers and engaging in timeless traditions. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRXL_as-powerful-as-a-volcano_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Cinder cones erode easily and scars are slow to heal. In 1973, Sunset Crater was closed to climbing when 2-foot-wide trails eroded to 60-foot-wide swaths. Tons of cinder were shoveled back up the cone to fill hip-deep trenches. Notice the scars st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRXD_geological-infant_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Erupting less than 1,000 years ago, Sunset Crater is the youngest in an impressive field of volcanoes all around you. The 1,000-foot-high (305m) cinder cone we see today formed when basalt magma rose directly to the surface through a primary vent.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRXC_the-peaks_Flagstaff-AZ.html
They dominate the horizon, rising 12,633 feet (3851 m) to Arizona's highest point. Visible for miles from all directions, they stand guard over a land which has long sustained people in spirit and natural resources. All of the region's Native peop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIU_mormon-dairy_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Between 1876 and 1886, Hyrum Judd, under the direction of Lot Smith, supervised a Mormon Dairy one mile northeast near Dairy Spring.
Beginning with a herd of 115 cows, large quantities of butter and cheese were produced. During the 1880's the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM9K_flagstaff-flag-raising_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Historians generally agree that Flagstaff derives its name from a flag-raising ceremony held July 4, 1876, by a group of settlers from New England who were camped within sight of this historic monument.
In February and May of 1876, two groups o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM9J_flagstaff-presbyterian-federated-community-mexican-methodist-mission-and-united-methodist-churches_Flagstaff-AZ.html
Flagstaff Presbyterian Church1892 - 1916Flagstaff Federated Community Church1916-1927Mexican Methodist Mission - El Divino RedentorUnited Methodist Church 1927-present
The First Presbyterian congregation of Flagstaff was organized in 1891 and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM93_beale-road_Flagstaff-AZ.html
In 1857 Congress authorized Navy Lieutenant Edward F. Beale to survey a wagon road along the 35th parallel from Fort Defiance, New Mexico Territory, to the Colorado River. A secondary mission was to test the feasibility of using camels in the Sout…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM92_buffalo-park_Flagstaff-AZ.html
The City of Flagstaff purchased this land in 1959 from the United States Forest Service.
In 1964, James Potter, Sr., long-time resident, entrepreneur and Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce President, led the effort to form a non-profit organization,…