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300 WIGWAM BLVD
LITCHFIELD PARK (AZ)
United States |
-(L)-LUXURY HOTEL
PROPERTY TYPE - FULL SERVICE, RESORT
RATINGS - AAA 4 DIAMONDS, MOBIL 4 STARS
- 20 MINUTES WEST OF PHOENIX..3 CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF
COURSES..2 SWIMMING POOLS..9 TENNIS COURTS..4
RESTAURANTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. ALL NON
SMOKING ROOMS. THE WIGWAM WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN
1918 AND SERVED AS LODGING FOR VISITING
EXECUTIVES OF THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER
COMPANY. LATER IN 1929 THE WIGWAM OPENED TO THE
PUBLIC OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY..SINCE THEN
THE WIGWAM HAS UNDERGONE EXTENSIVE
RENOVATIONS..RESTORATIONS AND EXPANSIONS TO
BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN
THE SOUTHWEST. ROOMS ARE ARRANGED IN A QUAINT
VILLAGE SETTING AMIDST ROWS OF COLORFUL
FLOWERS..LUSH LAWNS AND TOWERING PALMS. THE
WIGWAM RESORT IS THE ONLY RESORT IN ARIZONA
OFFERING THREE 18 HOLE GOLF COURSES ON PROPERTY.
TWO OF THESE COURSES WERE DESIGNED BY ROBERT
TRENT JONES SR.WHO IS CONSISTENTLY HONORED BY THE
INDUSTRIES TOP GOLF PUBLICATIONS. THE WIGWAM IS
CONSIDERED AMONG THE FINEST TRADITIONAL GOLF
FACILITIES IN THE SOUTHWEST. THE TERM WIGWAM
MEANS DOME-SHAPED DWELLING THAT WAS USED BY
NATIVE AMERICANS..CHIEFLY BY ALGONQUIAN TRIBES OF
THE EASTERN WOODLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES.
GENERALLY LARGER THAN THE CONICAL TEPEE..THE
WIGWAM WAS CONSTRUCTED OF AN ARCHED POLE
FRAMEWORK COVERED BY BARK..HIDES OR MATS OF
REEDS. THE HUTS WERE SOMETIMES CONICAL OR
RETANGULAR IN SHAPE AND SMALL WIGWAMS FOR SINGLE
FAMILIES. OUR ROOMS ARE DESCRIBED BY THIS SPANISH
TERM BECAUSE OF THEIR SOUTHWESTERN ADOBE-STYLE
STRUCTURE AND EACH ONE HAVING ITS OWN PRIVATE
PATIO OR BALCONY. 70 PERCENT OF THE PROPERTY IS
SINGLE-STORY CASITAS. THE TERM CASITA MEANS A
SMALL HOUSE.
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