Holbrook’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Holbrook. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Holbrook area was inhabited first by the Ancestral Puebloans, then Puebloans, then the Navajo and Apache. In 1540 Coronado searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola and camped some 60 miles (100 km) east of Holbrook. Coronado sent an expedition west to find the Colorado River, and they crossed the Little Colorado some 25 miles (40 km) east of Holbrook and found a wonderland of colors they named "El Desierto Pintada" – The Painted Desert. The expedition was then led by the Hopis to the Grand Canyon.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Holbrook’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holbrook’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNavajo hogan and cornfield near H…, 1889: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Holbrook
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Holbrook, decade by decade
1990s
7 historic places in Holbrook
Holbrook has 7 listings on the National Register, and they protect 25 historic buildings, because South Central Avenue Commercial Historic District alone counts 4.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1978Navajo County Courthouse
Listed 1986Sidney Sapp House
Listed 1988Holbrook Bridge
Listed 1989Holbrook Bridge
Listed 1997Arizona Rancho
Listed 2002Wigwam Village #6Listed 1997South Central Avenue Commercial Historic DistrictThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Navajo hogan and cornfield near Holbrook, Arizona - DPLA - 43a41c3dcb455d10e819a7f769c53412 (page 1) (1889) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.