Flagstaff is a gal who likes to break the rules. She's good at mocking - redegining even - that Arizona sterotype of searing temps, sandy deserts and loads of golfing retirees. She's got mountains and winter snow. Heck, there's even skiing.Older folks? She doesn't know them all too well. She's not opposed; it's just that she runs with a younger, liberal-minded crowd. That would be the college crowd attending Northern Arizona University.
She likes to sip microbrews, chill in coffeehouses, listen to bands (this is the live-music capital of northern Arizona) and dance the night away in throbbing clubs. And she really digs the outdoors, from hiking to mountain biking to skiing.
Sheepherder Thomas Forsyth McMillan first settled in Flagstaff in early 1876, but it was the arrival of the railroad in 1882 that really put the town on the map. Cattle and sheep ranching became economic mainstays, and the surrounding forests formed the basis of small logging industry. [...]
"Lonely Planet - Southwest USA" - page 190
Northern Arizona University
Skiing school in Snowball
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