Flagstaff has a long history of celebrating travelers heading west seeking new adventures and fortunes. Beginning with Edward Beale surveying a route in the late 1850s to reach California during the gold rush era, to settlers passing through in 1876 stripping a pine and raising a flag honoring the nation’s centennial (which is where the name Flagstaff derives). The railway reached Flagstaff in 1882, which brought industry to the region. However, it wasn’t until the late 1920s when auto travel … [Read more...] about Happy Ninetieth Anniversary to the Mother Road
Anniversary
Green Room Celebrating One Year of Comedy
Flagstaff's Green Room is bringing Bruce Heppler to town to celebrate the One Year Anniversary of Live Comedy at the downtown facility. The show is scheduled for Saturday, September 24th. Heppler performs casinos, colleges, and comedy clubs all over the southwest. He has performed with major headliners such as ANT, Hal Sparks, Darren Carter, Bruce Baum. Hepppler has performed on Last Comic Standing, performed at the Improv, Comedy Spot, Side Splitters, Ice House and other major clubs around … [Read more...] about Green Room Celebrating One Year of Comedy
Bearizona Reaches One Year Anniversary
Bearizona Wildlife Park is celebrating one year in business. The drive-through park near Williams features North American animals including bears, wolves, bison and big horn sheep as well as other animals. The park opened in May of 2010, with more than 90,000 visitors before the end of last year. In January, park officials celebrated the first bear cub born at the park: Doc. Bearizona is open each day from March through the end of December, weather … [Read more...] about Bearizona Reaches One Year Anniversary
Marking Anniversary of Prop 100 Passage
Governor Jan Brewer issued this statement on the temporary one-cent sales tax. “It was one year ago today that Arizona voters made an important statement, agreeing to a temporary tax increase in order to fend off more drastic cuts to critical state services. I had fought for this measure, Proposition 100, despite having never voted to raise taxes in my entire career – not once in 28 years of public service. “But I knew Arizona faced an extraordinary fiscal challenge. If we were to preserve … [Read more...] about Marking Anniversary of Prop 100 Passage
