"The first community called Taylor was on the Little Colorado River at T18N/R19E where John Kartchner and eight Mormon families from Utah started a community on January 22, 1878. Between that date and July, they built five dams, everyone one of which washed out. They then moved to Silver Creek where Daniel Bagley had already settled. Under John Kartchner they arrived here in January 1878 from the first Taylor. The settlers selected the name Walker for their post office, but the Post Office Department turned it down as there was already a Walker post office in Arizona territory. The Mormons then selected Taylor to honor John Taylor, English-born president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, wounded by the mob which killed Joseph Smith in 1844. PO est March 28, 1881, Jesse N. Perkins PM">
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 605
Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles-- Taylor, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/taylor.pdf
Arizonan.com-- Taylor, Arizona
http://arizonan.com/Taylor/
White Mountains Online- Taylor, Arizona
http://www.wmonline.com/cities/taylopro.htm
Snowflake-Taylor Public Library
418 S. 4th West, Snowflake, AZ 85937
(928) 536-7103 - ext. 245
Navajo County Library District
Taylor centennial : a historical review. Compiled by Arvin Palmer.
F819.T38 T3x
Taylor's centennial stories, 1878-1978 / Jocie B. Tenney, compiling editor
GR110.A6 T45x
Taylor
CE EPH DTO-TAYLOR
Snowflake, Taylor, Arizona: Informational Brochures
CE EPH DTO-SNOWFLAKE.1
Taylor, Arizona: Community Profiles. Varied Dates from 1975
CE EPH DTO-TAYLOR.1
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