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=== Later development === Holbrook was known as "the town too tough for women and churches" and in 1914 was said to be the only county seat in the U.S. that didn't have a church (the Mormons had moved 25 miles (40 km) south to Snowflake and Taylor). The original railroad station was replaced by the [[Holbrook, Arizona (Train station)|Santa Fe Depot]] in 1892. Navajo County was divided off of Apache County in 1895 and Holbrook became the county seat. Many lawmen and cowboys from the area became [[Rough Riders]] with [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in the late 1800s. But by 1902, The Hashknife Outfit was bankrupt and the land was sold to the Babbitt brothers. President Roosevelt named the [[Petrified Forest National Park|Petrified Forest]] (including part of the [[Painted Desert (Arizona)|Painted Desert]]) a National Monument in 1906. Holbrook was incorporated in 1917. Most of the Beale Wagon Road became [[U.S. Route 66|Route 66]] in 1926 and passed through both the Petrified Forest and Holbrook. Tourism started taking over the economy.
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