Frazier Wells, Arizona
Populated place
Frazier Wells is located in Arizona
Frazier Wells
Frazier Wells
Location within the state of Arizona
Frazier Wells is located in the United States
Frazier Wells
Frazier Wells
Frazier Wells (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°46′57″N 113°04′20″W / 35.78250°N 113.07222°W / 35.78250; -113.07222
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyCoconino
Elevation
[1]
6,047 ft (1,843 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code928
FIPS code04-25695
GNIS feature ID4832

Frazier Wells, sometimes known as Frazier Well or Fraziers Well, is a populated place situated in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, located approximately 30 miles northeast of Peach Springs.[2] It has an estimated elevation of 6,047 feet (1,843 m) above sea level.[1]

Frazier Wells has been the site of the Hualapai Rodeo.[3] It was also the site of a sawmill, which was unsuccessful and closed by 1951.[4]

Circa 1951, the Frazier Wells school was operationally handed over to the state per a U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs grant.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Feature Detail Report for: Frazier Wells". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Frazier Wells (in Coconino County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Hualpai (sic) Rodeo, Dances Slated". Arizona Republic. August 12, 1943.
  4. ↑ Leonard, Peggy (March 18, 1951). "Hualapais Wring Life from Canyon Country". Arizona Republic.
  5. ↑ "3,000 Indians Attend Arizona Public Schools". Arizona Republic. December 18, 1951. p. 4.
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