Prescott, Ariz., is continually evolving. In turn a frontier mining camp, army post, and capitol of Arizona Territory, it gave birth to what is claimed to be “The World’s Oldest Rodeo,” and a Whiskey Row whose fame endures wherever cowboy songs are sung. The town’s imposing courthouse and 600 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places earned it one of the “Dozen Distinctive Destinations” award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation; the town’s very motto is “History Lives On.” Yet Prescott also has been named as one of the “100 Best Art Towns in America,” “One of the Best Places to Retire,” and claims to be “Arizona’s Christmas City.”
