Holbrook, Arizona Holbrook, Arizona Historic Navajo County Courthouse and Museum Historic Navajo County Courthouse and Museum Location in Navajo County and the U.S.

Location in Navajo County and the U.S.

Holbrook, Arizona is positioned in the US Holbrook, Arizona - Holbrook, Arizona Body Holbrook City Council Airport Holbrook Municipal Airport Website City of Holbrook Holbrook (Navajo: T iisyaakin) is a town/city in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.

According to the 2010 census, the populace of the town/city was 5,053. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Navajo County. Holbrook was established in 1881 or 1882, when the barns was built, and titled to honor the first chief engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. 1.3 Holbrook shootout 1.5 Holbrook meteorite The Holbrook region was inhabited first by the Anasazi, then Puebloans, then the Navajo and Apache.

In 1540 (some seventy years before Jamestown or the Pilgrims) Coronado searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola and camped some sixty miles east of Holbrook.

Coronado sent an expedition west to find the Colorado River, and they crossed the Little Colorado some twenty-five miles east of Holbrook and found a wonderland of colors they titled "El Desierto Pintada" - The Painted Desert.

After the Mexican American War ended in 1848 the region was ceded to the United States.

The region was known as Navajo Springs for a spring a dozen miles northeast of Holbrook.

Soon after a store and saloon was established at the confluence of the Rio Puerco and Little Colorado Rivers two miles east of Holbrook, and the region became known as Horsehead Crossing.

The improve was then titled Holbrook after the first engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.

Holbrook became its command posts and quickly interval into a cow-town.

Many of the affairs that played out amid the Pleasant Valley War up to 1887 occurred in and around Holbrook, including the famous Holbrook Shootout.

Holbrook shootout On September 4, 1887 Commodore Perry Owens, the Apache County Sheriff, came to Holbrook to arrest Andy Blevins (A.K.A Andy Cooper) for horse theft (Blevins had also recently bragged about killing two men and had killed many more, including two lawmen).

Holbrook was known as "the town too tough for women and churches" and in 1914 was said to be the only governmental center of county in the U.S.

Navajo County was divided off of Apache County in 1895 and Holbrook became the county seat.

Holbrook was incorporated in 1917.

Most of the Beale Wagon Road became Route 66 in 1926 and passed through both the Petrified Forest and Holbrook.

Holbrook meteorite Fragment of the "Holbrook" meteorite After the appearance of a smoke trail in the sky on July 19, 1912, a meteorite with an estimated mass of 190 kilograms (419 pounds) exploded over the town of Holbrook, and a shower of stones fell from the sky, estimated to number more than 16,000 and varying in weight from 6.6 kilograms to less than 0.1 grams.

Holbrook is positioned at 34 54 26 N 110 9 46 W (34.907203, -110.162882). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.4 square miles (40 km2), all of it land.

Holbrook has a semi-arid climate (BSk) with cold to cool winters and hot summers.

Climate data for Holbrook, Arizona Average snowy days ( 0.1 inch) 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 0.6 3.4 In the city, the populace was spread out with 35.7% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older.

Petrified Forest National Park is positioned 28 miles (45 km) east of Holbrook, the nearest town/city to the park.

The historic Navajo County Courthouse in downtown Holbrook was assembled in 1898.

It is now used by the Navajo County Historical Society and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Route 66 runs through Holbrook.

Agate House Pueblo, in or near Holbrook, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Arizona Rancho, in or near Holbrook, is NRHP-listed Hopi in Holbrook is NRHP-listed South Central Avenue Commercial Historic District in Holbrook is NRHP-listed Several historic bridges near Holbrook are also NRHP-listed The town/city is served by the Holbrook Unified School District and serves 2324 students.

Three elementary schools: Park Elementary School (K 2) and Hulet Elementary School (3 5) serve the town/city and Indian Wells Elementary (K 6) serves the northern parts of the school district.

Holbrook Junior High School (6 8) and Holbrook High School (9 12) serve the city.

One of the four chief campuses of Northland Pioneer College improve college is positioned in Holbrook.

The other three chief campuses are in Show Low, Snowflake, and Winslow, all in Navajo County, Arizona.

The Holbrook Public Library is positioned in Holbrook. Holbrook and The Petrified Forest.

Lyle Johnston, editor, Centennial Memories: A history of Holbrook, Az.

"HOLBROOK, AZ" (PDF).

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