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    • Joseph Farley farming

    • Joseph Farley farming

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Farley homesteaded on Oak Creek along Schnebly Hill Road in 1908. A man named Eiberger had camped there and planted a garden but moved on before it matured. Joe and his wife, Sarah Jane, used picks and shovels to build miles of irrigation ditch,...
    • The Jim Thompson cabin

    • The Jim Thompson cabin

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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...
    • Apple cider party

    • Apple cider party

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Cider presses were common at Oak Creek orchards. Apples were the most popular fruit for juicing, but the Dumas family also pressed blackberries. If the juice was allowed to ferment in a crock or barrel in a cool dry place, it would become cider.
    • Jess Purtymun in his cave kitchen

    • Jess Purtymun in his cave kitchen

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • Early Oak Creek housing options were limited and primitive at best. A cave in the side of Oak Creek Canyon provided Jess, Steven and Martha's son, a place to live for awhile. Other families lived in tents, tenthouses or log cabins.
    • The Schuerman House at Red Rock before it burned

    • The Schuerman House at Red Rock before it burned

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Schuermans lived in a nice wood home that stood on their new property when they arrived. Unfortunately, it burned down in 1900 with all their possessions except a few pieces of old furniture and a few things from Dorette's trousseau. To...

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