TODAY IS THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY’S 45TH BIRTHDAY. TO CELEBRATE, THE TOWN IS POSTING INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THEIR HISTORY ON FACEBOOK.

PRESCOTT VALLEY’S STREET NAMES HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THE TOWN’S EARLY HISTORY. 

FAIN ROAD AND THE GRANVILLE SUBDIVISION ARE BOTH NAMED AFTER THE FAIN FAMILY, WHO ARRIVED IN ARIZONA IN 1874. ROBERT ROAD AND LOOS DRIVE ARE NAMED AFTER ROBERT LOOS, PRESIDENT OF PRESCOTT VALLEY, INC. ORIGINAL DEVELOPERS OF THE TOWN. 

PAV WAY AND THE BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN FOOTBALL FIELD ARE NAMED FOR BOB PAVLICH, BROTHER-IN-LAW OF BILL FAIN. 

EARLY DEVELOPER LEONARD HOFFMAN IS REMEMBERED IN LEN COURT. ROMERO CIRCLE AND NORMAN ROAD ARE NAMED FOR NORMAN ROMERO, ANOTHER EARLY EXECUTIVE OF PRESCOTT VALLEY, INC., AND KATIE CIRCLE IS NAMED FOR ROMERO’S FORMER WIFE, KATE KING, WHO WAS A PROMINENT NURSERY OWNER AND PLANT EXPERT IN PRESCOTT VALLEY.

 

ADDIS AVENUE COMMEMORATES PRESCOTT VALLEY’S FIRST MAYOR, RICHARD ADDIS. GLASSFORD HILL ROAD IS NAMED FOR COL. WILLIAM GLASSFORD WHO SET UP HELIOGRAPH STATIONS ON GLASSFORD HILL IN THE 1880’S.

AND SKOOG BOULEVARD, WHICH SURROUNDS THE CIVIC CENTER, IS NAMED FOR MAYOR HARVEY SKOOG, WHO SERVED THE TOWN FOR 26 YEARS ON TOWN COUNCIL, 14 OF THOSE AS MAYOR.

FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY, GO TO THE TOWN’S WEBSITE: PRESCOTTVALLEY-AZ.GOV.