26 (D-105) Flagstaff

26 (D-105) Route 66* went through Flagstaff, Arizona. We'll stay at a hotel for the night in Flagstaff. It's a city of about 60,000 people and it is at an elevation of 2121 metres, making it one of the highest cities in the United States. 5 million people visit Flagstaff every year, when visiting the Grand Canyon.
Can you find the origin of the name of the city? What is a "flagstaff"? (It's a compound noun, but we more commonly say "flagpole." We say the "Staff of Moses" and a "shepherd's staff.") Go looking on the internet to discover why this city has this name.
Jane
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* "Get your kicks on Route 66", sung by Nat King Cole (1946).

"Well if you ever plan to motor west,
Just take my way, that's the highway, that's the best.
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.
Well it winds from Chicago to LA
More than two-thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six....."

You can listen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbQXalTGu-8
And for the more curious students, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_66_(song)

"Get your kicks on Route 66" = "Amusez-vous bien en prenant l'autoroute 66." "Get your kicks" is an old-fashioned slang expression.
Here "winds" is a verb = "serpenter"; pronounced like "wines"