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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM39_washington-school_Prescott-AZ.html
The first public school in Prescott was opened in 1867. In 1876 a four-room brick public school building was erected here. It was known as the "Prescott Free Academy". In 1903 that building was torn down and replaced by Washington School. Washingt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM38_site-of-howeys-hall_Prescott-AZ.html
The southeast corner of Goodwin and Cortez Street was the site of Howey's Hall, which was built on the first lot sold (for $175) in Prescott by James Howey in 1876. The Goldwaters had their first mercantile store here. It was later converted to an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM37_city-jail-and-firehouse_Prescott-AZ.html
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.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2M_hotel-st-michael_Prescott-AZ.html
The cornerstone of historic "Whiskey Row", the Hotel St. Michael, represents the coming of age of Prescott's hostelries. Constructed on the site of the modest Hotel Burke, which burned in 1900, the new three-story hotel was designed by D. W. Milla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2L_granite-creek_Prescott-AZ.html
American History in Arizona is quite recent, although the history of the Native American, Spanish and Mexican occupation periods are much older. Encampments of Native Americans were drawn to the creeks, which offered a fairly reliable source of fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2J_site-of-curtis-hall_Prescott-AZ.html
George W. Curtis came to Prescott from California in 1864, and in 1867 purchased an interest in a sawmill. He purchased a building on Granite Creek on South McCormick Street, and he and his brother John enlarged and modified the building in 1878. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2B_pauline-weaver_Prescott-AZ.html
Known as Prescott's first citizen, Weaver was a trapper, miner, Army Scout and friend of the Indians.
He was camped near this spot in 1863 and 1864 when gold miners and government officials first entered the area.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2A_pauline-weaver_Prescott-AZ.html
Pioneer · Prospector · Scout · Guide
Pauline WeaverTruly a Great ManBorn in Tennessee in 1800Died at Camp Verde June 21, 1867He was born, lived and died on the frontier of this country, always in the ever advancing westward…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM28_lincoln-school_Prescott-AZ.html
In early 1908, the Prescott School Board decided that a new school was needed in Prescott. On July 12, 1908, a school bond election was held and approved by the voters 119-1. In August 1908, the three acre site on Park Avenue on the west side of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM26_arizona-pioneers-home_Prescott-AZ.html
Territory of ArizonaMCMX ― MCXI
Home for Aged and Infirm Arizona PioneersEstablished by act of the Twenty-Fifth Legislature under the administration of Governor Joseph H. Kibbey.
Erected under the direction of the Board of Control, Ric…