Prescott, Arizona

Route: Via Skull Valley (Kirkland), or White Spars (VERY CURVY ROAD - NOT FOR BEGINING RIDERS)

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Time: 2.5 + Hours

Distance: 120 Miles - Via White Spars (from Phoenix)

Make sure you take in the beauty that is Prescott while you are there. Sit in the park, enjoy the local restaurants, and shops. There is a Harley Davidson "boutiqe" there with the actual Dealership located in Mayer. There is plenty to see most weekends they usually have craft fairs, with some pretty interesting stuff for sale.

You will go through Wickenburg, Yarnell Hill, Congress, Peoples Valley into Prescott.

Prescott is home to the historical area known as "Whiskey Row", until 1956 a notorious red-light district. In 1900, a great fire destroyed most of the buildings on Whiskey Row. As legend has it, the patrons of the various bars simply took their drinks across the street to the Courthouse square and watched it burn. At the time of the fire, the entire bar and back-bar of the Palace Hotel was removed to the square by the patrons as the fire approached, re-installing it after the gutted brick structure was rebuilt. (The size of the back-bar is impressive, and appears not easily moved, even by many hands.) Whiskey Row runs north and south on S. Montezuma St. between Gurley and Goodwin St., directly west of the county courthouse. This single city block has been the home of the St. Michael's Hotel and the Palace Hotel since the late 1800s along with other colorful purveyors of night-life. Merchant Sam Hill's hardware store was located near Whiskey Row, famous for its extensive stock in its downtown location and out of town warehouse