Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-01-09
PRGscovr, THE CAPITAL OF ARi-
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 ln order to give 1t as wide circulation as possible. we preduce the following from the Phenix Gazette, which is said to be the article on Prescott in Mir. Far. ish's book on Northern Arizona:
 On May 90, iS64. the citizens of Granite Creek. in Yavapai county. held . meeting and established thereon Pres- cot, called 'in hsnor of the eminent American writer and standard authority upon Aztec and Spanish. American hs- tory" It is near the intersection of the 34th parallel of latitude with the IIath of longitude. | homelike place of about 1000 people. It has court house, school house and city hall, all large and comnodious brick buildings. The city hall contains the offices of the governor and secretary of the territory. and ,he territorial library of some 10. 900 vol tunes, mostly law books In it the ter ritorial assembly holds its sessions bicn- nially. The man business portion of the town is of brick, with many private residences both of brisk and lumber. It has several large mercantile establish ments. blaming mill. ice factory, water works, an efficient fire department. two daily newspapers, the Courier and JopR- NAL-MINER, and weekly. the Hoet and Horn. devoted exclusively to the hve stock industry. sampllng works for ,he sanpling of and purchase of gold and silver ore. Churches and the secret be nevolent societies are fully represented. The community is self-respecting and orderly the society as refined as any in the southwest.
 The location of Prescott. Sc far as scenery is concerned, is perfect. Pine cedar and juniper encirele is. Noun tains surround it. On the north spur of the Bradshaw range, one of the best metaliferous formation of northern Arizona. she sits in serene security the supply depot for the United Verde, Copper Basin, Hasayampa and other mining camps besides the large agricnl- tural and grazing country around II. 1t is one ef the favored towns in the | territory. An altitude of over 5000 feet l above the sea level gives 1t strong. healthy and invigoratine climate both summer and winter. Its landscape IS massive. Towards the .north the pla- teau on which Prescott is situated, widens into a wooden plain. on which Whipple barracks. a 6ve-company mili- tary post is located, one mile away, across which to the east the ''sawlike of the Prieta range appears. To the west Granite peak; still further south and west are the blue outlines of the Santa Maria mountains, above which the giant, Mount fIepe, lifts Its beld front in the distance To tie north and east are the Black Hills, whose southern extremity reaches nearly .o the town limits, while far away, to ! distance of 70 miles rising above these are the San Francisco peaks, snow-clad ter more than three iourths Of the year. To the south the Bradshaw range rises abruptly, almost closing out the view, while like a silent sentinel, overlooking the town, is Thumb Butte. so called from a huge pile of rocks that on it's northern end has the appearance of a closed hand, on the top of which there seems to be a thumb slightly bent. the end of which lies near the town. Pres colt has the geographical location to make it place of much commercial | importance. AS summer resort it IS most attractive, the days warm and pleasant the nights cool and delightful, but few days in the winter when fire is needed for personal comfort for the greater part of the day. It is one of the healthiest places on the continent. The Arizona Central connects Prescott, with the Atlantic & Pacific at Selieman. |