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    • Erwin Schuerman's honey label

    • Erwin Schuerman's honey label

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Bees to pollinate a fruit orchard are a necessity. As the orchards in the area grew larger, the orchardists began to bring in bee colonies to ensure enough bees to do the job. With the bee hives came the natural byproduct, honey, which then...
    • The Purtymun family with grandpa Bear Howard

    • The Purtymun family with grandpa Bear Howard

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Purtymuns moved into Oak Creek Canyon (today Junipine) in the early 1880s. Again they cleared the land. They built a large log house and an irrigation ditch and planted a fruit orchard. In the early 1900s, Steven and Martha divorced and he...
    • Manuel Chavez was a scout for the Army

    • Manuel Chavez was a scout for the Army

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • Manuel Chavez was entitled to a pension from the U.S. Government because of his service as a military scout. When the government didn't hold up their end of the arrangement, at age 70, Chavez rode alone on horseback from Sedona to St. Johns,...
    • Irrigation ditch work was everyday

    • Irrigation ditch work was everyday

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Schuerman and Dumas families were close neighbors and friends. Being next door neighbors, Dumas and the Schuermans worked together to build and maintain an irrigation system. Erwin (left), Henry and Dorette's son, works here on part of the...
    • The Jim Thompson cabin, early 1880s

    • The Jim Thompson cabin, early 1880s

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • In 1912, Jim took another homestead of about 56 acres adjoining his original. As his children matured he helped some of them homestead near him. His daughter, Clara, married before she proved up and was not allowed to take title so she...
    • Edith Smith harnesses a farm goat

    • Edith Smith harnesses a farm goat

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Children were involved in the work and responsibilities of area homesteads. The Abraham Lincoln Smith family arrived in Sedona in 1915 to put their children in school. Edith was a Smith granddaughter, in this case taking a spin in a farm cart...
    • Oak Creek first families and friends picnic at Banjo Bill Springs

    • Oak Creek first families and friends picnic at Banjo Bill Springs

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • Picnics on the Fourth of July have long been a tradition for residents of Oak Creek Canyon. Times like these were for the scattered residents to get together and swap stories and socialize. For young people, picnics were a chance to meet each...
    • The Hart children haul wood

    • The Hart children haul wood

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • L.E. 'Dad' Hart and family arrived about 1909-10, and bought land and cattle. Although Dad's store would be the first to have electricity in town, that was almost 25 years into the future, so the Hart children were tasked with gathering wood for...
    • Heinrich and Dorette Schuerman

    • Heinrich and Dorette Schuerman

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Schuermans came to Oak Creek in 1884 to take possession of a 160 acre farm deeded to them in payment of a $500 debt. These two 'city kids' built an irrigation ditch, planted an orchard and a vineyard and became successful in their new...
    • Jerome miners provided a ready market for Oak Creek fruit and wine

    • Jerome miners provided a ready market for Oak Creek fruit and wine

    • Unknown

    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Schuerman ranch on Oak Creek was at the base of Courthouse Rock (now known as Cathedral Rock). The family grew apples, peaches, apricots, and quince to name a few. They produced Zinfandel wine made in the style of their German ancestry, along...
    • Pendley barn

    • Pendley barn

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • The area's earliest settlers were subsistence farmers, meaning they grew what they needed for their own use. Frank Pendley arrived in 1907. He came to fish in Oak Creek and ended up returning to establish 'squatters rights' on a piece of land,...
    • Pendley fruit crate label

    • Pendley fruit crate label

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Pendley built over a mile of irrigation ditch that included sections of pipe and flume, some of it piercing rock in which he blasted holes to accommodate the gradual angle needed for gravity flow of the water. He grew corn, squash, and alfalfa,...
    • Frank Thompson

    • Frank Thompson

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • Jim & Maggie's first child was a boy named John Franklin, born in 1882. Little Frank had the distinction of being the first white child born in Oak Creek Canyon. As an adult, Frank homesteaded on a dry farm in what is now known as Uptown Sedona,...
    • First families' children at school, approximately 1893

    • First families' children at school, approximately 1893

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • The first class of students at the first school in the area was representative of the few families living up and down the creek. It was not unlike a classroom today with its ethnic mix. Back row: Erwin Schuerman, Sarah Huckaby, Jim Huckaby,...
    • The Abraham James family

    • The Abraham James family

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Abraham James family moved to lower Oak Creek (Page Springs) in 1878 and then to Sedona in 1879. Land was not being surveyed yet, so they could only claim 'squatters rights' on the creekside site they chose in 1879. They were the first to...
    • Erwin Schuerman takes fruit to market, 1912

    • Erwin Schuerman takes fruit to market, 1912

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Hauling produce and wine to market was an arduous task for Oak Creek farmers and orchardists. There was no railroad and only primitive roads for decades. A wagon and team would make the trip, sometimes taking 1-2 days, depending on if the market...
    • Henry Elmer Cook farming

    • Henry Elmer Cook farming

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Cook's 1912 homestead extended from the base of Table Mountain and spread across 160 acres of Grasshopper Flat. His son, Jay, homesteaded another 160 acres nearby that later become the Sedona West subdivision. When Henry and wife, Effie, moved...
    • The James' place along Oak Creek, about 1890

    • The James' place along Oak Creek, about 1890

    • Unknown

    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Jameses built cabins, a corral and a ditch on their land (today's Copper Cliffs). Unfortunately, Abraham did not live to enjoy the property, dying in 1881. His widow, Margaret, and son, Bill, lived there but did not homestead or take title. ...
    • Bear Howard's cabin

    • Bear Howard's cabin

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • After breaking out of a California jail for shooting a sheep-herder, Bear Howard came to Arizona territory - Oak Creek Canyon. He lived near his daughter and son-in-law, the Steven Purtymuns, for years before being caught and returned to jail. ...
    • Erwin and Fred Schuerman, ca. 1928

    • Erwin and Fred Schuerman, ca. 1928

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Erwin was the Schuerman's eldest child. He homesteaded in 1908 and died in 1929. His widow, Mabel, married Albert Purtymun and they stayed on the place until her son, Fred, reached the age of majority (21 years) and took over the farm. Fred...

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