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McCormick Ranch lies in what is considered "central Scottsdale," between Indian Bend Road to the south and the Shea Boulevard corridor to the north. The Town of Paradise Valley, Arizona is to the west, and the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) is to the east.
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park is a 30-acre (12 ha) railroad park located in Scottsdale, Arizona. It features a 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge railroad, a Magma Arizona Railroad locomotive, a railroad museum, three model railroad clubs and a 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 190.5 mm ) gauge live steam railroad.
The Scottsdale Spire – located in the southeast corner of Bell and Scottsdale Avenues in Scottsdale was an Arizona State Capital Project designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Its construction began in 1957, but due to Wrights death, it wasn't until 2007, that it was adopted and finished by the Taliesin Associated Architects .
The Adam Diller/Lightning "Z" Ranch House was built in 1904 and is located at 8702 N. 7th Avenue. The ranch house is one of the few remaining once-isolated ranch houses that dotted the outskirts of the city in the early part of the century. Designated as a landmark with Historic Preservation-Landmark (HP-L) overlay zoning.
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Recognizing the agricultural potential of the valley, he found an easily fordable crossing on the Gila River and surveyed a townsite here. In 1869, he built his first family home. With the aid of Governor R.C. McCormick, he secured a post office in August of the same year. Ruggles held numerous public offices including that of Territorial ...
Cyrus Hall McCormick Sr., founder of the McCormick business dynasty. Robert McCormick Jr. (1780–1846) was an American inventor who lived in rural Virginia. [1] His maternal grandparents were Scottish immigrants, George Sanderson and Catharine (née Ross) Sanderson, and paternal grandparents were Thomas (1702–1762) and Elizabeth (née Carruth) McCormick, Presbyterian immigrants born in ...
In 1946, the Carmichaels sold the ranch to Roy and Stella Rambo, who raised cattle on it until 1957, when it was again sold to Samuel and Cecile Barchas. The Barchas family did not live on the ranch, either, but they raised livestock on it all the way up until 1997. One year later it was deeded to the United States Forest Service in a land ...