The Cottonwood Hotel is the closest hotel to Clarkdale
Clarkdale
CLARKDALE, AZ
Clarkdale, AZ hotels, lodging and motels
The Cottonwood Hotel is the closest hotel to the small town of Clarkdale, 3 miles away from the Verde Canyon Railway (Train Ride), and 1 mile from the ASIS Massage Education School & Workshops. There are no hotels or motels within the town limits of Clarkdale, Arizona.
The street/road from Old Town Cottonwood to Clarkdale is the same road as historic route 89A. It also called Main Street in Cottonwood and S. Broadway outside Clarkdale town limits. A part of the Verde Valley in Yavapai county.
The Tuzigoot National Monument, is just 1 mile west of the Cottonwood Hotel and 2 miles east of Clarkdale.
The Verde Canyon Railroad train ride is acclaimed as Arizona’s longest-running nature show. To learn more about the train's rates & schedules CLICK HERE.
Shortly before 11 am on June 21, 1928, two armed men - Willard Forrester and Earl Nelson - entered the Bank of Arizona in downtown and robbed $50,000. Willard Forrester was shot and killed.
Clarkdale surving bank robber Earl Nelson... had several alias's. He went by the name Paul Hoffman (when he was in the Matt Kimes gang, sometime involved with the Ma Barker boys), He used the name Claude Shriver (when he stayed in Cottonwood, AZ at the Cottonwood Hotel and bought a car. The real Claude Shriver might have been a relative (I found one from the same parts of OK)... Other alias: Joe Stanley, Horace Lee, and the later Earl Nelson... Real name: Lee Forrester... yes, he was the brother to Willard Forrester who was shot and killed in Clarkdale. Lee (Earl Nelson) busted out of prison several times. Years later he talked the prison guard into releasing him on a good behaviour leave, I think he robbed another bank, anyways he ran out in front of a milk truck, was hit and run over, later died in the hospital. Someone needs to write a book on this guy!
Cottonwood Arizona Hotel's
Rare 1-Of-A-KInd Specialty Lodging and a Unique Choice over traditional hotels/motels/B&Bs
Cottonwood Hotel, circa 1917
930 N. Main Street Cottonwood, AZ, 86326, United States
