The Hotel Weatherford
Considered one of the West's finest hotels when it opened on the first day of the 1900s, the Weatherford has hosted Sheriff Wyatt Earp, President Teddy Roosevelt and author Zane Grey. It also once hosted a bride and groom who were, by legend, murdered in Room 54 in the 1930s. A later guest reported waking in the night to find the bride and groom sitting on the edge of the bed. Though the room is now used for storage, guests still report seeing the ghostly couple enter the room. Another ghost haunts the ballroom, and in the bar, voices of patrons from the bygone century are often heard when the bar is empty.
The hotel has been restored and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After your stay, you can post your ghostly encounters on the hotel website.
The Hotel Weatherford
23 N. Leroux St.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
928-779-1919
WeatherfordHotel.com
Jerome Grand Hotel
Jerome, once called the "Wickedest City in the West" and now a National Historic Landmark, was a mining town of 15,000 in its heyday. The Jerome Grand Hotel began life as the state-of-the-art United Verde Hospital, built in 1927. The building's reputation for being haunted goes back to its hospital days. A caretaker was killed (some said he was murdered) when he was caught underneath the hospital elevator, and he has haunted the place since. Jerome came very near to becoming a ghost town itself when the mine closed in the 1950s. The hospital closed along with it, but through the years, lights were seen in the elevator shaft of the vacant building and the elevator itself was heard to travel up and down the shaft, though it was parked at the top without a power source.
In 1996, the building reopened as the Jerome Grand Hotel, and it is still haunted by ghostly elevator sounds, the moaning of long-dead patients, doors that open on their own, and footsteps in empty hallways. The hotel even offers ghost-hunting nights for your paranormal pleasure.
Jerome Grand Hotel
200 Hill St.
Jerome, AZ 86331
888-817-6788
JeromeGrandHotel.net
Copper Queen Hotel
Bisbee is the southernmost mile-high city in the United States. A booming copper-mining town, Bisbee used to be the largest city between St. Louis and San Francisco and is now a cool, quiet retreat. The luxurious Copper Queen Hotel, opened in 1902 to accommodate investors and other dignitaries, is reputedly also home to three ghosts. A tall man wearing a top hat and cape often announces his presence with the smell of cigar smoke. A lady of the evening also haunts the hotel. She fell in love with one of her gentleman friends and, spurned by him, ended her life in the hotel. Lastly, a mischievous young boy runs through the halls, moves objects, and giggles infectiously. He is said to have drowned in the nearby San Pedro River at the age of 8 or 9, his spirit finding its way to the hotel in search of a parent who worked there.
The Copper Queen Hotel has been open continuously since 1902, serving guests such as Harry Houdini, John Wayne and Julia Roberts. The hotel offers a ghost-hunting night each week and Paranormal Weekend Conferences twice a year, where you can ghost hunt with professional paranormal investigators.
Copper Queen Hotel
11 Howell Ave.
(P.O. Drawer CQ)
Bisbee, AZ 85603
520-432-2216
CopperQueen.com
