List of historic properties in Parker, Arizona

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List of historic properties
in Parker, Arizona
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Downtown historic Parker
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Location of Parker in La Paz County, Arizona.

This is a list, which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining structures and monuments, of historic significance in Parker, a town in La Paz County, Arizona. Parker is the county seat of La Paz County, Arizona, United States, [1] on the Colorado River in Parker Valley.

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History

The Native-American tribes of the Mohave, Chemehuevis, Navajos and Hopi lived in the area of La Paz before the arrival of the European settlers from the east coast of the United States. [2]

On February 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed that ended the war between the United States and the Mexican Republic in which 525,000 square miles were ceded to the United States, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. [3]

On March 3, 1865, the United States proceeded to establish a reservation for all the Native Americans living along the Colorado River, in what then was known as the Arizona Territory, by an act of Congress which was approved by President Abraham Lincoln. [2]

The United States Army established a place in the area to land and pick up cargo and personnel. The Army had a detachment that was stationed there at Camp Colorado from 1864 to 1869 during the first years of the establishment of the Colorado River Indian Reservation. The landing was named "Parker's Landing" after Ely Parker, the first Native American commissioner for the U.S. government. The Parker Post Office was established on January 6, 1871, at Parker's Landing. [4] [5] [6] :118

In 1909, Earl. H. Parker (no relation to Ely Parker), a railroad location engineer, surveyed and laid out the original town site for the Arizona & California Railway. The Town of Parker was officially incorporated as a town in 1948. [2]

The Parker Area Historical Society

The Parker Area Historical Society, founded in 1972, operates the Parker Area Historical Society Museum whose mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and present the culturally diverse history and human experience unique to Parker and the surrounding area. It is located at 1214 California Ave. [7]

Two of the historic properties are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. They are the Old Parker Jail NRHP reference #75000369 and the Old Presbyterian Church NRHP reference #71000122.

Historic properties

The following is a brief description and images of the historic properties that are pictured.: [8] [2]

Historic structures pictured

The following are the images of the historic structures in Parker and its surrounding areas.

Further reading

See also

References

  1. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 History of Parker
  3. Library of Congress
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parker
  5. Will C. Barnes, Arizona Place Names, University of Arizona Bulletin, Vol. VI, No. 1, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1935, p. 319 [ usurped ]
  6. John and Lillian Theobald, Arizona Territory Post Offices & Postmasters, The Arizona Historical Foundation, Phoenix, 1961.
  7. Parker Area Historical Society
  8. National Register of Historic Places La Paz County, Arizona
  9. 1 2 Railroad bridge in Parker burns
  10. American Rails