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    • 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...
    • 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.
    • 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...
    • 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. ...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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,...
    • Frank & Nancy Owenby

    • Frank & Nancy Owenby

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Owenbys arrived from Texas in 1893 to homestead along the west side of Oak Creek, where the bridge crosses today. Their first filing was found to be in error so they had to re-file. They were the first in Sedona to 'patent' their homestead...
    • 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,...
    • Fruit boxes stacked to the packing shed roof

    • Fruit boxes stacked to the packing shed roof

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • The smooth concrete floor of Walter's new packing shed was popular with all the kids in town for roller skating. How disappointed they were when harvest time arrived and their skating rink was filled with boxes and workers.
    • Heinrich and Dorette Schuerman

    • Heinrich and Dorette Schuerman

    • Unknown

    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Ira Smith picking fruit from his horse

    • Ira Smith picking fruit from his horse

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • This was not the common way to harvest fruit. More likely, Ira was in the neighborhood and took advantage of his elevated position from atop his horse. A canvas bag over their shoulders allowed workers to have both hands free for picking. The...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Jess Purtymun in his cave kitchen

    • Jess Purtymun in his cave kitchen

    • Unknown

    • 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.
    • 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...
    • Joseph Farley farming

    • Joseph Farley farming

    • Unknown

    • 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,...

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