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    • 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. ...
    • The Jim and Maggie Thompson family

    • The Jim and Maggie Thompson family

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • After settling in the canyon, Jim wrote to the Abraham James family, who he had met at the Colorado River. Knowing they had a 'marriage age' daughter, he invited them to leave Nevada and join him in Arizona. After the James family moved to the...
    • 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...
    • Jordan carrot crop

    • Jordan carrot crop

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Before their fruit trees produced, the Jordans grew carrots planted between the rows of immature fruit trees. Carrots were loaded on a Model A and 12 hours later the carrots would be in Phoenix where Ruth went directly to restaurants and hotels to...
    • 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...
    • 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.
    • 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...
    • 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.
    • 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...
    • 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,...
    • Red Rock fruit display at the county fair, 1930

    • Red Rock fruit display at the county fair, 1930

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • Fruit from the Schuerman place, among others, was selected by fair organizers to make up this incredible display at the Yavapai County Fair. Note the photos of Courthouse Rock (now referred to as Cathedral Rock). Red Rock fruit and vegetable...
    • 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...
    • Bear Howard made a living as a hunter

    • Bear Howard made a living as a hunter

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • Howard gained a reputation as an accomplished bear hunter. He sold bear meat to Flagstaff butcher shops. He also was a trapper and raised horses and mules. The widow, Margaret James, married him briefly but apparently didn't like being the wife...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Will Steele and Joe Farley try out a new piece of equipment

    • Will Steele and Joe Farley try out a new piece of equipment

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • In 1924, Joe Farley learned his old homestead was for sale, so he and Sarah moved back with their daughter, Minnie, and her husband, Will C. Steele. They split the purchased property, with the creek as the dividing line. The Steeles developed a...
    • 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,...
    • Ambrosio and Marcellina Armijo

    • Ambrosio and Marcellina Armijo

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • Juan Armijo was a friend of the Chavez family who came to Oak Creek to homestead. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace at the Red Rock precinct and performed marriages, among other tasks. His son, Ambrosio, also homesteaded in Red Rock when he...
    • 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...
    • 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,...

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