Flagstaff, Arizona
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
The McCormick Rose
The "McCormick Rose", a Red Boursault rose, was sent from New Jersey with newly-wed Margaret Hunt McCormick, who settled in Prescott, Arizona in 1865. Mrs. McCormick was the wife of the second governor of the Arizona Territory, Richard McCormick (1866-1868). The rose accompanied the McCormicks from New Jersey to Los Angeles by steamship, crossed the Isthmus of Panama by mule-back, then journeyed to Yuma by stagecoach, up the Colorado River by steamer, and finally by wagon to Prescott, where Mrs. McCormick planted it at the Territorial Governor's Mansion. This log house is the oldest building associated with Arizona's territorial history still standing in its original location, and has been part of the Sharlot Hall Museum since 1927. Mrs. McCormick's rose continues to flourish beside the Mansion's front door.
Coconino Chapter, NSDAR, proudly promotes the existence of this antique and historic rose, currently propagated by the NAU Research Greenhouse. Visitors to NAU's campus can see the McCormick Rose by the steps of Old Main, where Northern Arizona University's class of 1934 planted a cutting from the original rose Mrs. McCormick planted at the governor's mansion.
How can I learn more about the McCormick Rose?
If you'd like to learn more about the McCormick Rose or would like to obtain one of these antique roses for your garden, please contact cocodar1@yahoo.com for more information.
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