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Text Box: Arizona Cities         Winslow

 


 

Text Box:  Winslow, which became a division point for the Santa Fe Railway, is on Interstate 40 on the western border of Navajo County in the high plateau country of northeastern Arizona.  The community lies in the Little Colorado River Valley (the river skirts the city's eastern edge) and is 58 miles east of Flagstaff.  Famed Route 66 was the major east-west route through Winslow before I-40 replaced it.  The first settler, in 1880, was reputed to have been a hotel man who lived in and did business from a tent.  Two years later, in January 1882, a U.S. Post Office was established.  The town is said to have been named for Edward Winslow, a railroad company president. PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES Winslow has a diversified economy in which transportation, tourism, manufacturing, trade and retail business are important factors.  Trade is the second employer, partly due to tourism brought in by traffic on I-40 and state highway 87, which connects Winslow to Phoenix (state Highway 87 continues north into the Navajo and Hopi Indian reservations).  The lumber industry also influences the area economy.  SCENIC ATTRACTIONS  Attractions include Apache Sitgreaves Natl. Forest with camping, hunting, fishing & water sports, Meteor Crater, Sunset Crater, and Canyon de Chelly Natl. Monuments; Petrified Forest National Park and Painted Desert.  On the Navajo Reserv, are prehistoric ruins and cliff dwellings, and on the Hopi Reserv., ancient pueblo villages.  Homolovi Ruins State Park is prehistoric archaeological site with ruins left by the Anasazi, believed to be Hopi ancestors.  Clear Creek Reservoir offers picnicking and water sports.  Downtown Winslow features La Posada, the last Fred Harvey Hotel surviving the West, which has been restored to its former elegance.  The Old Trails Museum features historical memorabilia about Winslow and northern Arizona.  Standing On The Corner Part was dedicated to the Eagles' song "Take it Easy"    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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