Sedona
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Newspapers/ Sites to See/Books/Weather

"Sedona is a thriving community in Oak Creek Canyon. It was named by Ellsworth Schnebly for his sister-in-law, Sedona M. Schnebly. Mr and Mrs. Theodore Carlton Schnebly arrived from Gorin, Missouri, in October 1901. They arrived in Arizona with their household good on a freight car via the narrow gauge railroad to Jerome."

Post Office established June 26, 1902.

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1960.
P. 86

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Websites

Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles- Sedona, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/sedona.pdf

Sedona, Arizona Local Government Website
http://www.city.sedona.net/

The Arizonan.com Sedona, Arizona
http://www.arizonan.com/Sedona/

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Newspapers

Verde Valley Independant
http://www.sedonaverdevalley.com/

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Sites to See

Sedona Public Library
3250 White Bear Road Sedona, Arizona 86336
928-282-7714
http://www.sedonalibrary.org/

Sedona Heritage Museum
Jordan Historical Park, 735 Jordan Road, Sedona, Arizona
Open every day 10 am to 4 pm
http://redrock.sedona.net/heritage/Museum.html

Sedona Historical Society
P. O. Box 10216
Sedona, AZ 86339
Phone/Fax 520-282-7038
http://redrock.sedona.net/heritage/

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Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

Experience Sedona legends and legacies/author, Kate Ruland-Thorne.
F819.S42 R84 1989

An old-timer's scrapbook : a roundup from the range of his own recollections and observations / by Don Willard.
F819.S4 W55x

Once upon a time in Sedona / by William Howard.
F819.S4 H69x 1992

Sedona reflections-- tales of then for the now / by William Howard.
F819.S42 H68

Those early days ... Oldtimers' memoirs; Oak Creek-Sedona and the Verde Valley region of Northern Arizona.
F819 .S4 S4x

City code of the City of Sedona, Arizona.
XUSE 1.5:C 52

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Last Updated: July 24, 2002
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