The traveler, Milan Horacek, wandered the halls of the Weatherford Hotel, hungrily absorbing details of the historic building and filled with emotion about visiting the place where Western author Zane Grey stayed and wrote. Grey’s novels fed young Czech boys’ and girls’ imaginations with the spirit of freedom and tales of adventure in the wide-open West. “My country is crazy about the American West,” he said, noting that Grey’s books were available, even under Communist rule. “As a person who … [Read more...] about Henry Taylor Marks 50 Years Since Saving the Weatherford Hotel From Demolition
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Weatherford Hotel to Ring in the New Year with Great Pinecone Drop
With residents and visitors ready to usher in a New Year of hope, health and good cheer, Weatherford Hotel owners have announced the return of the Great Pinecone Drop to historic downtown Flagstaff and also the VIP Golden Ticket Event inside the grand Victorian building, offering crackling fireplaces, prime rib, a champagne toast to 2023 and a front row seat to all the action. “We can’t wait to welcome the crowds back for the Great Pinecone Drop on New Year’s Eve,” said Henry Taylor, who owns … [Read more...] about Weatherford Hotel to Ring in the New Year with Great Pinecone Drop
Weatherford Hotel Greets Holiday Season with Irish Coffee Bar and Great Pinecone
The historic Weatherford Hotel in downtown Flagstaff has experienced gun fights, the 1918 flu, world wars, bankruptcies, hauntings, floods and fires throughout the last 120 years, and its owners say the three-story Moenkopi sandstone Victorian building will survive the coronavirus pandemic, too. “The Weatherford Hotel stands as a tribute to its early 1900s turn-of-the-century heyday,” said co-owner Henry Taylor. “Its very essence is resilience and timeless elegance, and COVID-19 will not … [Read more...] about Weatherford Hotel Greets Holiday Season with Irish Coffee Bar and Great Pinecone
Weatherford Hotel Great Pinecone Drop Marking 21 Years of New Year’s Celebrations
The Weatherford Hotel’s Great Pinecone Drop turns 21 this year. After two decades of New Year’s Eve revelry, the Great Pinecone Drop has secured its place in history as an important mountain town tradition and winter tourist attraction. This New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31, thousands of residents and visitors are expected to gather again as they pour into the streets of historic downtown Flagstaff to cheer on Northern Arizona’s celebrated symbol of hope and renewal. “Each year, the Great … [Read more...] about Weatherford Hotel Great Pinecone Drop Marking 21 Years of New Year’s Celebrations
Historic Preservation Champion Soldiers On
Henry Taylor, as a college student earning his psychology degree, grew up with a desire to help people, a love of history and a fondness for the West. While going to school, he read Zane Grey’s Call of the Canyon, a novel set in Northern Arizona’s cattle and sheep ranching heyday of the early 1900s. Readers can just about taste the dust and feel the bumps as Grey describes horse-powered travel over rugged, rocky terrain. But Taylor could feel something more. He took note when the novel’s … [Read more...] about Historic Preservation Champion Soldiers On
Weatherford Hotel Presenting Death of the Radio in March Murder Mystery Theater
The year is 1939 and Babbitt Riordan is about to launch his latest business venture, Flagstaff’s own radio station KBAB. Rehearsals are in progress for a live radio program, The Flagstaff Mystery Hour, starring a Hollywood heartthrob as the detective, an intrepid guardian of the law. The audience is gathered. The actors are marking up their scripts. The sound effects are in place. Everything is ready for the first installment of the show until a body hits the floor. And now, everyone is a … [Read more...] about Weatherford Hotel Presenting Death of the Radio in March Murder Mystery Theater
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at the Weatherford Hotel
The Weatherford Hotel, along with Canyon Moon Theatre and Theatrikos Theater, is presenting “My Big Fat Weatherford Wedding,” and promising “the crime of your life!” The performance involves the wedding of Francisco Peaks and Meadow Riordan. Promoters say the bride is drop-dead gorgeous and the groom is terminally handsome. It is being touted as the social event of the year: the wine is flowing, the gifts are on the table, the cake is covered with flowers. But all is not as it seems and soon … [Read more...] about Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at the Weatherford Hotel
Looking Back–Focused on the Future
As the clock high above the historic Coconino County Courthouse marks the passing of the hour and the roar of another train can be heard slicing through downtown Flagstaff, it is difficult not to notice that our community’s recent past is still alive. While the hitching posts and dirt roads have given way to pavement and the horsepower of the modern pickup truck and SUV, our community remains fortunate enough to experience life much like generations before. Although technology has brought … [Read more...] about Looking Back–Focused on the Future
Local Film “Unconscious” to Premiere in Flagstaff
Unconscious is a feature length film shot in Flagstaff, starring actors from Flagstaff and written and directed by a guy from Flagstaff. A project four years in the making, Unconscious was written and directed by local filmmaker Stephen Joel Root, who's been serving the community of Flagstaff as a local television photojournailist since 2006. The film will have its world premiere at the Orpheum Theater in Flagstaff on February 24th and then will be shown for four days at … [Read more...] about Local Film “Unconscious” to Premiere in Flagstaff
Flagstaff to Celebrate AZ’s Centennial Downtown
As one of the predominant buildings in Flagstaff, the Weatherford Hotel on Arizona’s very first statehood day, Feb. 14, 1912, likely hosted a gathering of well-dressed townspeople and travelers in woolen overcoats and formal hats maneuvering among the few automobiles and horse-drawn buggies. Historian and former judge Richard Mangum says the move from territory to statehood meant getting ahead in the world, being recognized as an equal among the rest of the country and having a self-elected, … [Read more...] about Flagstaff to Celebrate AZ’s Centennial Downtown