Prescott, Arizona

 As Mr. Cactus and I are getting to know Arizona,

we like to take little day trips

around this wonderful State.

Saturday we ventured about 90 miles North of Phoenix

and spent the day in 

Prescott

We had the most delightful day

in this historic Cowboy town.

For our first stop, we visited the

Sharlot Hall Museum

Rated #1 Attraction

by Trip Adviser

Sharlot Hall is a beautifully maintained

open air museum

that hosts

7 historic buildings, exhibits, gardens

and living history programs.

 I was impressed with the textile exhibits

especially this model of the

Copper linked dress

Sharlot wore to the Presidential Inauguration

of  Calvin Coolidge in 1925

 Copper was an important part of Arizona's history

and this over dress reflects

Sharlot's tribute as she traveled to Washington as the chosen elector

to cast Arizona's 3 electoral votes.

The copper dress and jewelry 

weigh in at over 9 lbs.

 She also wore this

Prickly Pear Cactus hat.

What a lady!

(I like her already)

 In 1864 Prescott was the original capital of Arizona Territory.

Sharlot Hall Museum houses the first

Governor's Mansion

along with  Fort Misery,

the oldest log cabin structure in the state.

They had a nice quilt exhibit (yes!)

that I will show you more about in the next few days.

 Mr. Cactus loves to hike

so we checked out a few easy trails 

around 

Lynx Lake

Beautiful setting in the Ponderosa Pines

where we watched canoeists

paddle lazily around 

in the Arizona sunshine.

We'll be back.