Flagstaff

FLAGSTAFF

NAMED FOR A PINE TREE STRIPPED
OF ITS BRANCHES BY A PARTY OF
IMMIGRANTS AND USED AS A FLAGPOLE
FOR A PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION ON
JULY 4, 1876. NEARBY ANTELOPE OR
OLD TOWN SPRING PROVIDED WATER
AND LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
A RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION CAMP WHEN
THE ATLANTIC & PACIFIC PUSHED
WEST IN 1882.

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