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Frazier Wells, Arizona

Populated place in Arizona, United States

35°46′57″N 113°04′20″W / 35.78250°N 113.07222°W / 35.78250; -113.07222CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyCoconinoElevation

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6,047 ft (1,843 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)Area code928FIPS code04-25695GNIS 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

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