Coconino Caverns information; correspondence related to
Coconino Caverns; Arizona and New Mexico postcards.
Collection number
AHS-ND 109
Language
English
Repository
Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff Archives
PO Box 6022
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022
Phone: 928 523 5551
Fax: 928 774 1596
Email: ahsnad@infomagic.net
Biographical Note
Coconino Caverns was discovered in 1927 by Walter Peck near Yampai railroad siding into
the area that is called "Grand Canyon West." Grand Canyon West is managed by the
Hualapai Indian Nation, Peach Springs, Arizona. Soon after being discovered, the Caverns
became a tourist destination. Visitors were charged $0.25 to be lowered 150 feet into the
cave. In 1936, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built a wooden stairway into the
caverns. Then, in 1962, an elevator was installed by drilling a 210 foot shaft into the
cavern. The caverns draw about 70,000 visitors per year. The materials in this
collections are from 1938, when the caverns were managed by Stanley Wakefield.
Scope and Content Note
Collection volume is 30 file folders (3 linear inches). Coconino Caverns information;
correspondence related to Coconino Caverns; Arizona and New Mexico postcards.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner
of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Department of Administration, Arizona Historical Society, Northern
Division, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any
person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Correspondence related to Coconino Caverns; Arizona and New Mexico postcards.
Box-folder
1.1
Four letters related to phone installation at Coconino Caverns, Deer
Lodge, Peach Springs, Arizona,
1938
Box-folder
1.2
Coconino Caverns inquiry letter from American Automobile Association of
San Jose (elaborate letterhead); personal letter from Jack Foley to Stanley
Wakefield,
1938
Box-folder
1.3
Arizona and New Mexico postcards,
1936
Box-folder
1.4
Correspondence regarding article in Arizona Highways magazine,
1938
Box-folder
1.5
Arizona State Tax Commission and Treasury Department correspondence,
1938
Box-folder
1.6
American Automobile Association, Washington D.C. office
correspondence,
1938
Coconino Caverns Company by-laws, and correspondence regarding by-laws,
1938
Box-folder
1.9
Inter-office correspondence outlining Coconino Caverns Company problems with the
county regulations, etc.,
ca. 1938
Box-folder
1.10
Law firm letter regarding Cavern development,
1938
Box-folder
1.11
Conoco Travel Bureau correspondence regarding Coconino
Caverns,
1938
Box-folder
1.12
Stanley Wakefield letter to California State Vehicle Division,
1938
Box-folder
1.13
Continental Oil Company letter requesting information regarding lodging
near Coconino Caverns,
1938
Box-folder
1.14
Inter-office correspondence,
ca. 1938-1939
Box-folder
1.15
Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Agent letter,
1938-1939
Box-folder
1.16
Correspondence from L.S. Estle company,
1938
Box-folder
1.17
National Park Service letter,
1938
Box-folder
1.18
Miscellaneous correspondence,
ca. 1939
Box-folder
1.19
Highway Tour and The Interstate Company correspondence,
1938
Box-folder
1.20
Letter from Arizona State Representative, Robert E. Morrow, to Stanley
Wakefield,
1938
Box-folder
1.21
Letter from MacKie and Kamrath architects,
1938
Box-folder
1.22
Letter from American Automobile Association of San Jose (elaborate
letterhead),
1938
Box-folder
1.23
Shell (Oil Company) Touring Company letter,
1938
Box-folder
1.24
Correspondence with C.B. Wilson, attorney,
1938
Box-folder
1.25
William Alberts, State Land Department, letter to Eddie Cosgrave,
1938
Box-folder
1.26
Letter from Office of Secretary of State (Arizona), James H. Kerby
regarding campaign support,
1938
Box-folder
1.27
Miscellaneous correspondence: from Pat Flynn of the Will Rogers Highway
Association to Wakefield; Texaco Travel Service; Ned Phelps to Stanley
Wakefield,
1938
3 folders. Materials include: National Travel Club memo; handwritten business
notes regarding Coconino Caverns transactions; mailing list and financial log for
Coconino Caverns.
Box-folder
1.28
National Travel Club memo,
ca.1938-1939
Box-folder
1.29
Handwritten business notes regarding Coconino Caverns transactions and Coconino Caverns Program outline,
1938
Box-folder
1.30
Mailing list and financial log for Coconino Caverns,
1938
