Ash Fork Public Library
The Ash Fork Public Library is located at 518 Lewis Avenue (P.O. Box 695) next to the water tower in Ash Fork in the same building as the Water Board's offices. The phone number is 520-637-2442.
The library is a small, but extremely well organized and comfortable place to visit. The personnel in this library have carefully collected copies of local publications. They also have a number of fairly unique books, and keep updated collections of information on the area and the library itself.
Notable Books in Southwestern Collection:
The following books in the Southwest collection are not always available at other libraries in the District.
Clum, John P. Nellie Cashman: The Angel of the Camp. Reprinted from The Arizona Historical Review, Arizona State Parks, Jan 1931. No date is listed in the book.
Hardt, Athia L. Arizona Waterline. Salt River Project publication. Hard cover, no date, no location (Possibly 1991).
Nilsen, Aleen Pace, with Margaret Ferry and L. J. Evans. Dust in Our Desks: Territory Days to the Present in Arizona Schools.Tempe: Arizona State University Media Systems, 1985.
Smith, Jack Beale. A Guide to the Beale Wagon Road through the Kaibab National Forest. Flagstaff: Tales of the Beale Road Publishing Company, 1989.
Stough, Lillian. Sidney P. Osborn: World War II Governor of Arizona, 1941-1948. Phoenix: Sage Press, 1996.
Thomas, D. H. The Southwestern Indian Detours. Phoenix: Hunter Publishing Co., 1978.
Wildernesses in Southwestern National Forests: United Sates Department of Agriculture prepared by the Forest Service, Southwestern Region, November 1986.
Newspapers and newsletters
- Development Board local newsletter (The Ash Fork Development Association produces a newsletter: every other month-they keep all copies. 1999 is the second year.)
- Ash Fork Historical Society Newsletter
The newsletter comes out twice a year and has been produced for 2-3 years.
- "Ash Fork News"
For quite some time, the Williams Grand Canyon News had a section called "Ash Fork News." The librarian kept a copy of each section till the Williams Grand Canyon News no longer printed a separate Ash Fork section. The collection contains the section from 1989 till it was deleted.
- The Northern Arizona Independent (between Arizona and Independent is the word "Voice")
This weekly is no longer published. The library has approximately 30 copies of issues of volume four, which was produced in 1997.
- Ash Fork Online
This is available on line, but it is printed and distributed weekly. The web address is http://www.ashfork.com. It contains classified ads. The printed version is generally four pages.
Vertical Files
We have listed below only those files that contain information pertinent to local history.
Clippings: Library
1996 to the present: clippings that contain information on the local library, its collection, activities (approximately 6)
Accordion file: "Ash Fork"
Clippings with information that is on Ash Fork from the 1970s to 1999.
There is also a separate folder called Ash Fork 1992: Research, historic, geologic, geographic, data, other, photographs.
Transcripts from Arizona Journal Miner (1911), Arizona Gazette (Phoenix 1885)
Photo (original) Western High Riders, a musical group identified as, Ray Taylor drums, James Roberts, guitar, Sonny & Pat (from Seligman): 1983
Photocopy of local ranch brands
Clippings and copies of magazine articles dealing with the Ash Fork area
Photos
There is a small photo album containing approximately 70 photos that recorded some activities of the library, such as library events and children's reading groups. The photos also record the history of the library's development. On most of the photos, individuals are not identified. Photos were taken between 1992 and 1998.
Ash Fork Video
Marshall Trimble narrated this video, which is about 20 minutes in length.
