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Show Low
In true Old West fashion, Corydon Cooley and Marion Clark decided ownership of their ranch in the White Mountains with a game of "seven-up." Cooley turned over the winning low card, and the name, Show Low, became history. Today the main street is the "Deuce of Clubs," and visitors learn the town was "Named by the Turn of a Card." Mormon settlers and Apaches, sawmills and logging, hunting and fishing, and rodeos and ranching all add to the history of this tiny community. When Highway 60 was completed through Salt River Canyon in the 1930s, adequate access from Phoenix and the nation was finally available. At an elevation of 6,500 feet, there is usually a slight wind moving through the ponderosa pines, and Show Low stands ready to welcome visitors.
Show Low, Arizona
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Show Low Dreams
The history of the small mountain town of Show Low in eastern Arizona is stunning in its cast of characters and events. Some of history's most colorful, accomplished and famous men lived in or traveled through this small area in the White Mountains. Coronado, who led the greatest expedition the new world had even seen, traveled through the area and wrote that it reminded him of Castile in Spain and marveled at its beauty. Kit Carson became the mountain man he had dreamed of becoming, as he made his first beaver trapping expedition through Show Low and down into the Salt River Canyon. The great Apache warrior, Cochise, sought out the founder of Fort Apache, Major Green, for peace talks. Arche...
