Welcome! This is a independent website for Navaho County History and Genealogy and is a part of the American Local History Network. My name is Sarah   and I live here in Winslow and know much of the history of our area.

The County Seat is Holbrook. In 1881 John W. Young, a railroad contractor, set up headquarters two miles east of the future Holbrook, where a little community was already in existence. Juan Padilla had built the first house immediately east of Horsehead crossing above the junction of the Puerco and Little Colorado River in 1871. Berado Frayde (or Freyes) was in charge of Padilla's saloon and the place came to be known as Berado Station, a main crossing for travellers en route south. Padilla, his boss, was at best a haphazard merchant, pricing all articles at fifty cents regardless of their true value. In 1881 the first railroad tracks were laid at Berado adn extended west. In 1882 Holbrook came into being and Berado began to vanish, with Berado himself moving to Albequerque. Gradually Horsehead Crossing disappeared as Holbrook grew in importance. Young named it in honor of H.R. Holbrook. It became the county seat in 1895 and is today an important community serving numerous ranches and trading posts.

Towns of Navajo County, Arizona

Here is a map of Navajo County, circa 1895

• 1895 Map of Navajo County, Arizona

Miscellaneous Links

• Whispering Winds
• Winslow Mail
• Ghosttowns of Navajo County
• Holbrook Public Library
• Cemetaries of Navajo County

Queries

• Current
  
• Archived Queries from 1997 - 1999

Native Americans

• The Anasazi's
• The Hopi
• The Navajo
• Navajo Codetalkers during WW 2
• Grandmother
• A Final Vision

If you have any data to contribute on Navaho County, please contact :Sarah  

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