Strawberry and Pine Arizona
My husband and I are looking for a house/cabin in the White
Mountains of Arizona to have a vacation spot cooler than the valley, and in the
woods. We explored a couple of small
towns that are about 15 miles southeast of Payson. We liked both and they did have houses for
sale. We are not ready to buy, just
exploring to see where we would like to vacation and eventually live
fulltime. We are still looking and will
report on more small AZ towns hiding in the White Mountains.
Strawberry has a
little over 900 people living there, and is considered a self-governing
community. Located in the northwest
corner of Gila County, it began as a place where many Native Americans lived
such as the Tonto Apaches and Yavapai people.
Throughout the 1860s soldiers intensified their presence in Strawberry pushing
the tribes to move elsewhere. By 1875,
Mormons settled in the tiny community and named it “Strawberry” because of all the wild strawberries that grew in the
area. Some came to the region because of
the gold, loved the town and stayed.
Besides the gold, there was a huge whiskey still north of Strawberry in
Sandrock Canyon. The Feds got wind of it
and abolished over 700 gallons of “mountain
whiskey” with a worth of $20,000.
They were able to arrest three men for running the still.The Strawberry Schoolhouse was built in 1885 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. |
I haven't seen that area in like 37 years. Wow, it's not changed a whole lot, just some more businesses. Lovely place.
ReplyDeleteI can see living in Pine. Payson isn't that far away.
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