SHARLOT HALL MUSEUM | A Pioneer in Women's History | Prescott, Arizona

Sharlot Hall might be a name not heard often In Arizona history, however, it is one that should be known. A woman who broke barriers and advocated for the preservation of Arizona's history, she built a museum dedicated to this amazing collection.


Sharlot Hall lived a full life defying gender barriers and advocating for the preservation of Arizona’s rich history.

Born in Kansas in November of 1870, Sharlot was no stranger to frontier life. At the age of 12, Sharlot and her family packed up and headed west to Arizona territory along the Santa Fe Trail. Upon landing around the Prescott area, her family set up home at a place they named Orchard Ranch where Sharlot set to work as a ranch woman, tending to animals and the orchard, while attending school. It is during these years that Sharlot would demonstrate a gift for poetry and interest in Native American and pioneer history of Arizona.

Sharlot saw the need to preserve these stories, artifacts, and relics as they were getting lost to time and looting so she began her collection with plans of eventually opening a museum to display them. This collection eventually grew to become the Sharlot Hall Museum.

In addition to preserving history in the state of Arizona, Sharlot was also the first woman to hold office in the state of Arizona - she served as territorial historian from 1909 to 1912. It is said she also had a hand in defeating a bill that would have brought Arizona and New Mexico territories into the Union as one state. In 1925, Sharlot served as a state elector and delivered Arizona’s three electoral votes for Calvin Coolidge to Washington D.C. dressed in a custom copper overdress.

Until her death in 1943, Sharlot continued to lecture about Arizona’s history and resources, write many volumes of poetry, and expand her museum. A historical society continues her efforts today.

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