"The first name for this location was Prescott Junction. A small community developed when the railroad from Prescott to the main line was completed in 1886. Withthe completion of the Ashfork railroad branch, however, the older Prescott branch was abandoned. Prescott Junction thereafter gradually came to be called Seligman, after the Seligman brothers. New York bankers connected with teh A.&P.R.R., who owned the Hashknife Cattle company. In May 1897 the A&PRR reorganized, abandoning Williams as its western terminus, substituting Seligman. The Williams round house was moved to Seligman. In July the S.F.R.R. emerged from the reorganization. Seligman Canyon. PO Est Oct. 26, 1886, James Daily PM."
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 552
Websites
Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles-- Seligman, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/selgman.pdf
Arizonan.com- Seligman, Arizona
http://arizonan.com/Seligman/
Seligman, Arizona: The Birthplace of Route 66
http://www.route66giftshop.com/seligman.html
Seligman Public Library
325 N Main Street PO Box 623 Seligman AZ 86337-0623
520-422-3633
http://www.prescottlib.lib.az.us/sellib.htm
Seligman pictorial, 1886-1986 / written and compiled by L.V. Delgadillo Moore.
F819.S44 M66 1986
Seligman, Arizona: Informational Brochures; 1989-
CE EPH DTO-SELIGMAN.1
Seligman, Arizona: Community Profiles Varied Dates From 1975
CE EPH DTO-SELIGMAN.2
Seligman, Arizona: Information Brochures.
FE EPH DTO-Seligman.1
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