SR 69 MP 293
PRESCOTT

FOUNDED 1864 ON GRANITE CREEK
EARLY SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD. FORMER
TERRITORIAL CAPITAL OF ARIZONA,
NOW A CENTER FOR RANCHING, MINING,
HEALTH, ESPECIALLY ASTHMA RELIE,
LOCATED HERE ON SITE OF OLD FT. WHIPPLE
IS WHIPPLE VETERANS HOSPITAL. SEAT OF
FIRST GOVERNOR'S MANSION, AND
ARIZONA PIONEER'S HOME. FRONTIER
DAYS, OLDEST RODEO IN WEST, BEGAN HERE.
ERECTED BY PRESCOTT ROTARY CLUB

ADDITIONAL MARKER

SR 89 MP 333
DEL RIO SPRINGS

SITE OF
ORIGINAL CAMP WHIPPLE
ESTABLISHED DECEMBER 1863

FROM JANUARY 22 TO MAY 18, 1864 THE OFFICES OF THE TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT OF ARIZONA WERE OPERATED FROM TENTS AND LOG CABINS HERE, BEFORE BEING MOVED TO PRESCOTT THE FIRST PERMANENT CAPITAL.