"Elevation 4,856 feet. Railroad division point for A.T.&S.F.Railroad 2 miles west from Little Colorado River. "After General Edward F. Winslow, president of St. Louis and San Francisco Rail Road, which owned one half of the old Atlantic and Pacific Railroad." A.G.W.
The claim has been made by some old timers that place was named for an early inhabitant and prospector of vicinity named Tom Winslow. Mr. Wells should know however. First settler said to have been "Doc" (F.C.) Demerest, hotel man who livd and did business for sometime in a tent, in 1880. Shortly after this J.H. Breed , who for some years had a trading post and general store a few milesw above at Sunset Crossing of Little Colorado, moved down and built the first stone building. Post Office Established January 10, 1882, UL Taylor PM.
Barnes, Will C. Arizona
Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997.
p. 491
"With the inauguration of service by the A&PRR, the importance of Sunset Crossing diminished when the railroad established a terminal in 1881 at what is now Winslow. The first settler in late 1880s was F.G. Demarest, who pitched a tent. The town mayhave been named for a prospector called Tom Winslow, who asserted in 1920 that it was named for him. It seems more likely that it was named for General Edward Winslow, president of old St. Louis& San Francisco, Railroad, associated with the new transcontinental line. As usual, the Navajo name for the locale is themost apt:Beeshsinil="iron lying down." PO est Jane. 10, 1882 U.L. Taylor PM.
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 681
Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profile- Winslow, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/winslow.pdf
Winslow, Arizona Local Government Homepage
http://www.winslowarizona.com
Winslow, Arizona Local Chamber of Commerce
http://www.winslowarizona.org
Arizonan.com- Winslow, Arizona
http://www.arizonan.com/Winslow/
The Winslow Mail
http://www.winslowaznews.com/winslowaznews/
Winslow Public Library,
420 W. Gilmore, Winslow, AZ 86047
(520) 289-4982
Old Trails Museum
212 N Kinsley Av WINSLOW AZ 86047-3618
(520) 289-5861
Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog
A town is born : a pictorial review of Winslow, Arizona, first fifty
years / compiled and published by Vada F. Carlson and Joe Rodriguez ; illustrated
by Joe Rodriguez.
F819
.W53 C3x
Snapshots / by Vada F. Carlson.
F819.W54
C37x 1990
Items on the Arizona and Southwest Index
FE EPH DTO-Winslow-Newsclippings
CE EPH DTO-WINSLOW
Verla Oare Bibliography
CM MSM-109
Meteor Crater, Winslow, Arizona
CE EPH FMU-286
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