Prescott, Arizona City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Prescott, Arizona Travel Guide has been your connection to Prescott's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Yesterday & Today
 If you have a taste for history Prescott is sure to please your palette. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Prescott one of its "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" in March 2006, recognizing the towns commitment to preserving its historical legacy. Once the capital of the Arizona territory, Prescott was built around a traditional courthouse square and many of the original structures, including the white granite courthouse, still stand. A walking tour through tree-lined streets in town, is like taking a step back in time. Many of the Victorian homes and businesses are on the National Register of Historic Places and everywhere you look are constant reminders of the town's pioneer past.
Once inhabited by ancestors of the Yavpai tribe, whose reservation still exists on the outskirts of town, Prescott was first settled by pioneers in the mid 1800s as a mining center. The town was built entirely out of wood and in 1890 a tragic fire burned the town to the ground. But, the community banded together and rebuilt. There are three museums in town that feature collections commemorating the rich, territorial history of the town.
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