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    • 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...
    • 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...
    • The Thompson family in front of house

    • The Thompson family in front of house

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    • Pioneers--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Thompson family consisted of seven sons and two daughters. All nine of the siblings lived to adulthood, which was unusual in those days. The youngest child was 6 years old when Jim died and Maggie was left to raise her large family alone.
    • 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,...

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