Williams Event Calendars – Williams is a city in northern Arizona. It’s known as a gateway to Grand Canyon National Park via the Grand Canyon Railway.
Experience Williams – Historic Route 66 has Americana-style shops and restaurants dating back to the early 1900s. It’s home to the Route 66 Zipline and Pete’s Route 66 Gas Station Museum, featuring highway memorabilia. To the east, Bearizona Wildlife Park has bears, mountain goats, bison and birds of prey.
Our Arizona Route 66 Events Calendar for Williams can be found HERE.
Founded in 1881, Williams was named for William Sherley “Old Bill” Williams (1787–1849), a famous trapper, trader, scout and mountain man, who often trapped in the area. A statue of “Old Bill” stands in Monument Park, located on the west side of the city. The large mountain directly to the south is named Bill Williams Mountain. The city was incorporated on July 9, 1901.
Williams was the last city whose section of Route 66 was bypassed, due to lawsuits that kept the last section of Interstate 40 in Arizona from being built around the city. After settlements called for the state to build three Williams exits, the suits were dropped and I-40 was completed. On October 13, 1984, Interstate 40 was opened around the town and newspapers the next day reported the essential end of US 66. The following year, Route 66 was decommissioned. The Williams Historic Business District and Urban Route 66, Williams were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and 1989, respectively.
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