With residents and visitors ready to usher in a New Year of hope, health and good cheer, Weatherford Hotel owners have announced the return of the Great Pinecone Drop to historic downtown Flagstaff and also the VIP Golden Ticket Event inside the grand Victorian building, offering crackling … [Read more...] about Weatherford Hotel to Ring in the New Year with Great Pinecone Drop
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Weatherford Hotel Greets Holiday Season with Irish Coffee Bar and Great Pinecone
The historic Weatherford Hotel in downtown Flagstaff has experienced gun fights, the 1918 flu, world wars, bankruptcies, hauntings, floods and fires throughout the last 120 years, and its owners say the three-story Moenkopi sandstone Victorian building will survive the coronavirus pandemic, … [Read more...] about Weatherford Hotel Greets Holiday Season with Irish Coffee Bar and Great Pinecone
Weatherford Hotel Great Pinecone Drop Marking 21 Years of New Year’s Celebrations
The Weatherford Hotel’s Great Pinecone Drop turns 21 this year. After two decades of New Year’s Eve revelry, the Great Pinecone Drop has secured its place in history as an important mountain town tradition and winter tourist attraction. This New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31, thousands of residents … [Read more...] about Weatherford Hotel Great Pinecone Drop Marking 21 Years of New Year’s Celebrations
Historic Preservation Champion Soldiers On
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 … [Read more...] about Historic Preservation Champion Soldiers On
Weatherford Hotel Presenting Death of the Radio in March Murder Mystery Theater
The year is 1939 and Babbitt Riordan is about to launch his latest business venture, Flagstaff’s own radio station KBAB. Rehearsals are in progress for a live radio program, The Flagstaff Mystery Hour, starring a Hollywood heartthrob as the detective, an intrepid guardian of the law. The audience … [Read more...] about Weatherford Hotel Presenting Death of the Radio in March Murder Mystery Theater
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at the Weatherford Hotel
The Weatherford Hotel, along with Canyon Moon Theatre and Theatrikos Theater, is presenting “My Big Fat Weatherford Wedding,” and promising “the crime of your life!” The performance involves the wedding of Francisco Peaks and Meadow Riordan. Promoters say the bride is drop-dead gorgeous and the … [Read more...] about Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at the Weatherford Hotel
Looking Back–Focused on the Future
As the clock high above the historic Coconino County Courthouse marks the passing of the hour and the roar of another train can be heard slicing through downtown Flagstaff, it is difficult not to notice that our community’s recent past is still alive. While the hitching posts and dirt roads have … [Read more...] about Looking Back–Focused on the Future
Local Film “Unconscious” to Premiere in Flagstaff
Unconscious is a feature length film shot in Flagstaff, starring actors from Flagstaff and written and directed by a guy from Flagstaff. A project four years in the making, Unconscious was written and directed by local filmmaker Stephen Joel Root, who's been serving the community of … [Read more...] about Local Film “Unconscious” to Premiere in Flagstaff
Flagstaff to Celebrate AZ’s Centennial Downtown
As one of the predominant buildings in Flagstaff, the Weatherford Hotel on Arizona’s very first statehood day, Feb. 14, 1912, likely hosted a gathering of well-dressed townspeople and travelers in woolen overcoats and formal hats maneuvering among the few automobiles and horse-drawn buggies. … [Read more...] about Flagstaff to Celebrate AZ’s Centennial Downtown
Pinecone Poised for New Year Countdown
Glistening with December snow, Flagstaff is Arizona’s winter wonderland and the northland's hub of activity for ringing in the New Year. Thousands are expected to count down to 2012 in the historic downtown on Sunday, Dec. 31. All eyes will be on the Weatherford Hotel’s Great Pine Cone. "The New … [Read more...] about Pinecone Poised for New Year Countdown
