Pinetop-Lakeside
"In t. 23 N. R. 23 E., Mormon Settlement started about 1888. First called Penrod after David Penrod, local settler. On edge of Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The Penrods built and ran a saw mill here as early as 1891. PO est. December 9, 1891, Edward E. Bradshaw, PM."

Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997
P. 336

"A bachelor named Johnny Phipps (d.1890) ran a saloon for the black soldiers from Fort Apache. William L. Penrod (b.1831 d. Aug 21, 1916), and his family moved near Show Low in 1878, arriving from Utah and settling in Phipps' house. Initially the place was called Penrod. When Phipps died, Walt Rigney took over and soldier began calling the place Pinetop, their nickname for Rigney. The location is in pines near the top of the Mogollon Rim. The Post Office Dep. abandoned the name Penrod and accepted the name Pinetop. Until 1906 the residents were thirteen Penrod children. PO est as Pinetop, Jan 31, 1895, Edward E. Bradshaw PM."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 486

Websites

Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles Pinetop Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/pine-lke.pdf

Pinetop Arizona Local Government Website
http://www.wmonline.com/cities/pinetop.htm

The Arizonan.com Pinetop Arizona
http://arizonan.com/Pinetop/

LARSON MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY
http://www.ci.pinetop-lakeside.az.us/library.shtml
 

Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

The Pinetop/Lakeside, Arizona, economy : a resource paper : a survey of private sector economic activity in Pinetop/Lakeside, Arizona / prepared for the Pinetop/Lakeside Chamber of Commerce by Sandra K. Schultz, David R. Ashley, April R. Veness.
EPD 6.2:R 37/17

Southern Navajo County / prepared by Community Development Section, Arizona Office of Economic Planning and Development with the residents of Southern Navajo County.
EPD 1.2:C 55 N 18/974
 

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