Thursday, July 4, 2013

Duffy by a train station in Prescott, Arizona

Our prayers go out to the Prescott firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hills fire...I've visited Prescott quite a few times, and my bears enjoyed our latest jaunt.

This used to be a train depot (back when Prescott had a train).




"Prescott's first railroad arrived on December 31, 1886. The current depot was built by the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway, also known as the "Peavine", in 1907. Designed in a Mission Revival style of poured concrete with a barrel tile roof, it occupies a prominent location at the north end of Cortez Street and was the center of shipping and receiving in Yavapai County. The tracks were last in use on December 31, 1986, the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the railroad. The tracks were removed and the Depot, long empty, has now been restored and converted to use as professional offices."

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