This is a real estate website but we also want to tell you a little all about the town and history.
Seligman Arizona had its modern beginnings in 1882 as the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad laid tracks to what is now the town. The railroads were enticed and rewarded for laying track by the US government granting land in a checkerboard land pattern near where the tracks were being laid.
We have written an article discussing the checkerboard land use pattern and what it means to us today. The checker-boarding assures that nearly half of the land in the area is public land managed by The Arizona State Land Trust or the Prescott National Forest.