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Holbrook, Arizona

Holbrook (Navajo: Tʼiisyaakin) is a city in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city was 5,053. The city is the county seat of Navajo County.

Holbrook was founded in 1881 or 1882, when the railroad was built, and named to honor the first chief engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.

History

Early Settlements and Exploration

The Holbrook area was inhabited first by the Anasazi, then Puebloans, then the Navajos and Apaches. In 1540 (some seventy years before Jamestown or the Pilgrims) Coronado searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola and camped some sixty miles east of Holbrook. Coronado sent an expedition west to find the Colorado River, and they crossed the Little Colorado some twenty-five miles east of Holbrook and found a wonderland of colors they named "El Desierto Pintada" - The Painted Desert. The expedition was then lead by the Hopis to the Grand Canyon.

U.S. Settlements

After the Mexican-American War ended in 1848 the area was ceded to the Untied States. In 1851 to 1857 the U.S. Army sent three expeditions along the 35th parallel, the third lead by Lt. Beale who created a ten foot wide wagon road. The area was known as Navajo Springs for a spring a dozen miles NE of Holbrook. Soon after a store and saloon was established at the confluence of the Rio Puerco and Little Colorado Rivers two miles east of Holbrook, and the area became known as Horsehead Crossing.

Holbrook (LIRR station)

Holbrook was a station stop along the Greenport Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The most recent version was located along Coates Avenue and Railroad Avenue in Holbrook, New York

History

The original version of Holbrook LIRR station was combined into a cigar factory owned by Colonel Alexander McCotter (1791-1878) between June and July 1875. McCotter had already owned 5000 acres of land expanding as far south as the Great South Bay dating back to 1848, which he subdivided in five to ten acre lots. The factory was a 40x40 two stories high building surmounted with a cupola. Half of the ground floor was used as a ticket office, express office, and waiting room, while the rest of the building was used for the factory.

The second station opened around 1907 on the north side of the train tracks. It was moved to the south side on April 29, 1939 and finally closed in June 1962, although the sheltered shed lasted as long as 1970. This station was located between Ronkonkoma and Holtsville Stations on Coates Avenue in Holbrook, New York, and is close to where the Ronkonkoma Yard can be found today.