Henry Taylor, as a college student earning his psychology degree, grew up with a desire to help people, a love of history and a fondness for the West. While going to school, he read Zane Grey’s Call of the Canyon, a novel set in Northern Arizona’s cattle and sheep ranching heyday of the early 1900s. Readers can just about taste the dust and feel the bumps as Grey describes horse-powered travel over rugged, rocky terrain. But Taylor could feel something more. He took note when the novel’s … [Read more...] about Historic Preservation Champion Soldiers On
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Presenting ‘My Deadly Valentine’ in the Weatherford Hotel’s Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
Babbitt Riordan’s annual Red and Pink Valentine’s Party is a real heart stopper! Everyone who is anyone in Flagstaff is there for this yearly celebration of lovers and love! The wine is flowing. Music fills the air. Everything is perfect until a body hits the floor. At that moment, every guest is a suspect and a sleuth as they help Detective Richard Dick find the killer before the party is over and the killer escapes. “My Deadly Valentine” is the latest Murder Mystery Dinner Theater … [Read more...] about Presenting ‘My Deadly Valentine’ in the Weatherford Hotel’s Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
Exchange Pub Honors Early Telephone Service
While the Weatherford Hotel continues to undergo restoration work that will restore the high ceiling to the lobby, add hotel rooms, including one on the main floor, and fortify the century-old building, patrons can continue to enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner, entering through the Exchange Pub on Leroux Street. The Exchange Pub is so named because it was Flagstaff’s first telephone exchange. This is where operators would answer calls from early Flagstaff residents and literally plug them … [Read more...] about Exchange Pub Honors Early Telephone Service
Arizona’s Longest Running Hotel Boasts Colorful Past
The Weatherford Hotel’s survival spirit has been tested many times during the last century. Two owners died trying to keep it going, at least one went bankrupt, and the structurally stressed building had also been delivered a death sentence. The one resilient thread that’s kept the Weatherford from completely unraveling is its ability to provide a home for travelers, construction workers, bus drivers, actors and athletes, along with a number of crazies. John W. Weatherford constructed the … [Read more...] about Arizona’s Longest Running Hotel Boasts Colorful Past
