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    • The Jordan waterwheel, early 1930s

    • The Jordan waterwheel, early 1930s

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    • Farms--Arizona--Sedona

    • The Jordan brothers each built irrigation systems; George's included this large waterwheel. Walter researched the design and George patterned the wheel from a picture in a catalog. The overshot wheel, 20 feet in diameter, was powered by ditch...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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,...
    • The James' place along Oak Creek, about 1890

    • The James' place along Oak Creek, about 1890

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    • 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. ...
    • 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,...

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