FLAGSTAFF WEST
HIGHWAY 66
The first white man to settle in the area was F. F.
McMillan whose scouts fastened an American flag to
the top of a lofty pine that had its branches stripped
in celebration of July 4th, 1876. Travelers were told to
go west until they saw that flagstaff. The town of
Flagstaff grew with the coming of the railroad in 1882.
The highway winds its way through Kaibab Forest west
through the towns of Williams (named for Old Bill Wil-
liams (1787-1849) who was a Baptist circuit rider at
the age of 17, later to become a trapper and guide,
finally killed by Utes, with whom he had lived, when
he went on a spree with their money. Other towns
along the highway are in the most part cattle raising
areas. Ashfork, Seligman and Peach Springs. Kingman
has been a cattle town since 1882, today tourists may
be seen with local Indians that come to town to trade.
... M.P.
Ⓒ & Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California
B-989
Photo-color by Merle Porter
S-72030
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