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Elevation 1,500 feet  Fees

Park Closed
Contact the Park:
(520) 868-5216
McFarland SHP
P.O. Box 109
Florence, AZ 85232

Facilities

Visitor Center Restrooms Museum Exhibits Group: Day Use Areas Picnic Areas/Shelters

Nearest Services: 1 mile

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511 Speed Code

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Park's Speed Code: 4225#

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Fees

Park Entrance Fees:
Adult (14+): $5.00
Youth (7–13): $2.00
Child (0–6): FREE

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Facilities

Facilities available at McFarland State Historic Park. Park is Closed due to construction. Follow progress on the McFarland Construction Blog (Construction)

  
Visitor Center Museum Visitor Center & Museum

The Visitor Center and museum is housed in an historic 1878 Territorial county courthouse. The building is in the process of being restored and plans are to have the majority of the work completed by the fall of 2009.

 
Restrooms Restrooms

This park has modern, handicap accessible restrooms.

 
Exhibits Exhibits

The adobe building houses the 1878 Territorial Pinal County Courtroom as a period room with the Judge’s Office & Chambers period room. A Hospital exhibit depicts the period from 1891 to the 1930s. There are exhibits on Florence History & Prominent residents, Florence World War II Prisoner of War Camp, the largest in Arizona, depicting the lives of the people who were stationed and imprisoned there. Photographs and artifacts from U.S. Servicemen and the Prisoners of War are displayed in this one-room exhibit. A video presentation shows the lives of these prisoners from their capture to their release. Additionally, the Ernest McFarland Museum, Library, and Archives are housed at the park

Note: During 2008 & 2009 the park will be undergoing major building repairs and restoration. Also, new interpretive exhibits highlighting the history of Territorial Florence and the buildings will be in progress.

Future Exhibits currently planned are: restoring the Sheriff's office to circa 1882, rebuilding the jail cells, and returning the courtroom to it's 1878 appearence. Other displays will cover territorial lawmen and their various duties, the history of the area going back to prehistoric times to the present, and local Florence history during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

 
Group Day Use Areas Group: Day Use Areas

Courtroom: 8 benches that each seat 4 people, plus 16 chairs. Restrictions: Care must be taken with the wooden floors. Group-Use Fees: Determined on case by case basis. Call the park for more information.

 
Picnic Areas/Shelters Picnic Areas/Shelters

There are two picnic tables and a grill located under shade trees.

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