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 Flagstaff - Arizona - History

On the 4th of July 1876, as the United States turned 100, a group of people from the east passing through celebrated the first centennial of the nation by stripping a pine tree of its bark and raising the American flag in Antelope Park.  The name stuck and, in 1881, was changed from “Flag Staff” to “Flagstaff”. Seven years later, a railroad--the Atlantic and Pacific--was constructed through Antelope Park.

In 1889, the Babbitt Brothers, entered into a formal partnership under the name of Babbitt Brothers Trading Company and established a two-storey building which is till today headquartered in Flagstaff. 

In 1924, town leaders convinced Santa Fe officials that the time had come for a new railroad depot. They came up with a plan for a building that was unlike any other in Flagstaff, an imposing Revival Tudor edifice that would be a showpiece.  The depot has been a symbol of Flagstaff ever since.

Having a railroad in Flagstaff meant that a lumber company could cut and ship wood cheaply. The Arizona Lumber and Timber Company quickly became big business.
As the company grew, so did the town. American, Hispanic, Basque, African-American, and Chinese kids came to Flagstaff with their families and then other kids were born here.

People came to Flagstaff, as water was available for people, crops, and animals. They came to the San Francisco Peaks for religious reasons. They came for the number. They came to enjoy the beauty of the Peaks.

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