Talk:Prescott, Arizona
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I cut the list of "movies made or partially made in Prescott". It is pasted below. Would more experienced editors please comment, explain or edit the page re this issue? This entry, at least in its present form, had a strongly negative impact on the reference value of the Prescott, Arizona page. It significantly lengthened the page, and created an impression that Prescott's major point of interest is that movies 'or parts of movies' are filmed here. This is untrue. I think the author of this section could make a separate page, and link to it from the Prescott page.
Prescott has been a favorite of movie-makers over the years. The movies Junior Bonner and Billy Jack were filmed in Prescott at the Palace Hotel, Courthouse Square and surrounding areas. A 1994 remake of The Getaway was partially filmed in Prescott at locations such as Watson Lake and many of the downtown area streets. Other films that were made in Prescott - or partially in Prescott - and the year they were made are:
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TV shows made in Prescott (Whole or partial) are: Living a Lie (1991) (TV) Harts of the West (1993) (TV) Cutty Whitman (1996) (TV)
--Laurel 06:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
As a native of Arizona, I can tell you that Prescott's common pronunciation is PRES-kot and not pres-KOT. User:70.59.251.167 has reverted my correction. If you have any objections please voice them here before reverting again. -- Barfooz (talk) 07:07, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
Actually, as yet another proud native of Prescott, there are two pronunciations of the name. PRES-kot, and PRES-kit. Most people I know use the latter, but both are common and in my opinion neither are wrong. -- Nautafoeda (talk)
We always called it PRES-kit, rhymes with biscuit. As in "going into the biscuit for beer, be back in an hour". As in (this is what I have always heard): "Preskit, like biscuit, because its as white as a baking powder biscuit." That is the only bad thing about Prescott, that there is so little diversity. --Laurel 17:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
ACTUALLY, You will find that MOST natives pronounce it PresCOTT and non natives pronounce it PresKITT. When confronted, real estate agents will admit that PresKITT is a common selling ploy they use to encourage that "hometown" feeling. Melissa Ruffner, town historian, researched the proper pronunciation and tracked down the family of William Hickling Prescott. She found them in Chicago and asked them how their family name was pronounced. They stated it was PresKITT. However, the word comes from a Gaelic word meaning priests cottage and in Gaelic, it is pronounced PreSCOTT. So, in all actuality, both ways are correct but now you know the FACTS behind the pronunciations. Prescott Native born and raised.
ACTUALLY, I've spent a great deal of my life in the Prescott area, and I've NEVER heard any local/native pronounce the town's name as PRESScot. PRESSkit (like biscuit) has been and still is the pronunciation favored by locals. In fact, we spent years making fun of the non-natives and tourists who couldn't be bothered to pronounce the name correctly. - Native paying attention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.231.109.16 (talk) 08:56, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Minor query where's Arizona? Okay seems a silly question but I am a new contributor and I was looking to see if two authors in the same state were near one another and the maps given appear to list different states http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pima_County_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Tucson_highlighted.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Yavapai_County_incorporated_areas_Prescott_highlighted.svg
Perhaps someone more familiar with Wikipedia or American Geography can explain/fix the problem Visitor2000 17:49, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Those links are to counties in Arizona, not the entire state. The Arizona link is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona. You can see the counties on one map at the state's official website, here: http://az.gov/webapp/portal/displaycontent.jsp?name=county --Laurel 17:19, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
Photo "Prescott Gurley Street in 1918"? Looking at the cars, it should be 1948. -- DesertSteve 02:41, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Whiskey row runs between E. Goodwin and Gurley? Actually it's the first block of W. Goodwin which divides at Cortez. I recommend removing the direction altogether for consistency. Rijkstra 16:01, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
This is not correct. Whiskey Row is one block of Montezuma Street-the block between Gurley and Goodwin. City street signs say "Whiskey Row" for that one block. I have asked the city manager to provide "official" information. --Laurel 17:19, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
You misunderstood and what we both stated is correct. My comment deals only with the erroneous E./W. designation of Goodwin St. not that Goodwin street is Whiskey Row.Rijkstra 18:22, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
Oops--sorry! Upon rereading, I see that you wrote clearly; I read sloppily. --Laurel 06:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Quad Cities/Communities?
I don't have the statistics to edit the entry myself, but could the "Tri-Cities" reference possibly be updated to "Quad Cities" or whatever they are calling it with the inclusion of Dewey-Humboldt? Sreneec (talk) 04:27, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
