Prescott, Arizona

Prescott is located 5300 feet in the mountains of north central Arizona where the City borders the Prescott National Forest to the south and west. Originally, the township was named after Harvard educated, author and historian, William Hickling Prescott. Which oddly enough, had never been to Prescott or the Arizona Territory.

With a granite Courthouse and Plaza shaded by towering elm trees which was all landscaped by convict labor, soon became the pride of the town center. Across the street from the Courthouse, Prescott s famous Whiskey Row entertained such patrons as Wyatt Erypt and Doc Holiday, prior to their Tombstone days, with numerous gambling parlors and 'Shady Ladys'.

Mining and ranching were the commercial nugget of Prescott s 'hay days'. After 1863 when gold was discovered and soon there after, President Lincoln, looking for a way to finance the civil war, established the Arizona Territory and Prescott as its territorial capitol. The largest hard rock gold mine in the country was founded here in the mountains near Prescott. Soon wealth and influence from the east coast populated the region and established what is now an historic district of over 600 homes of Victorian style architecture.

Prescott is dubbed as “Everybody’s Hometown” and is host to the "World's Oldest Rodeo", Smoki Native American Museum and numerous fine arts and historical museums. A myriad of activities including crafts, antique fairs, Folk Art Festivals, Frontier and Territorial Days fill the town square with a hive of activity. Prescott has also been officially designated as “Arizona’s Christmas City”.