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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C92_spanish-dicovery_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
Near here in late summer of 1540, soldiers from the Spanish expedition of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado became the first Europeans to see Grand Canyon.
After journeying for six months, Coronado's army arrived at the Hopi mesas, east of Grand Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C91_tragedy-remembered_Grand-Canyon-Village-AZ.html
Catastrophe can happen even in spectacular beauty. When technological achievements and human actions fail, disasters may happen.
On June 30, 1956, a United Airlines DC-7 and a TWA Super Constellation maneuvered around towering cumulus clouds on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8H_the-childs-irving-project-hydroelectric-project_Jerome-AZ.html
In 1900 rancher Lew Turner filed a claim for the waters of Fossil Creek; a year later, he filed a claim to the spring and headwaters that fed it. Among the possible uses he listed was the production of electric power. With a constant flow of over …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B63_the-irving-turbine-and-generator_Jerome-AZ.html
In 1941, with the new United Verde Smelter in Clarkdale coming on line, the demand for power in Yavapai County was more than the Childs generating station, built in 1909, could handle. The Arizona Power Company (TAPCO) and the United Verde Copper …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4J_the-childs-irving-project-construction-challenges_Jerome-AZ.html
Fossil Creek and its springs provided an ideal power source for a hydroelectric power plant. The springs gushed a constant water flow of over one million gallons an hour, and the terrain of the creek allowed for a drop of 160 feet in the less than…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4H_rocket-shovel-and-dragline_Clarkdale-AZ.html
This piece of equipment was the first successful mining device to replace human labor in removing the rubble from underground hard rock-blasting. The Model 12B, which weighs 4,200 pounds and requires 60 to 125 pounds-per-square-inch air pressure, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AB2_arizonal-trail-a-tribute-to-dale-shewalter_Flagstaff-AZ.html
The idea of a non-motorized trail
traversing Arizona from Mexico to Utah
was conceived by Dale Shewalter, a Flagstaff
public school teacher, after numerous
long-distance hikes throughout the state. In
1985 Dale walked from Nogales to Fredonia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28JQ_chief-washakie_Paradise-Valley-AZ.html
Chief Washakie was chief of the Shoshones for more than 60 years. He was revered for statesmanship and respected in battle, and he united his people into a significant political and military force. A skilled orator and charismatic figure, who spok…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27EW_what-is-the-story-behind-the-picketpost-house_Superior-AZ.html
Colonel William Boyce Thompson was a mining promoter, financial magnate, and Red Cross officer. He fell in love with the Picketpost Mountain area when he first visited his Magma Copper Mine near Superior and chose this spot for his winter home. Be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26O3_amster-building_Globe-AZ.html
Built: 1909
Original use:
Drug Store / Saloon
Donated to
City of Globe Nov. 24, 1997
By Weller Family