Snowflake, Arizona
We set out from Holbrook, AZ to visit The Petrified Forest
National Park and driver Bob decided to follow the brown signs. Wrong by 40
miles, we ended up in the charming little town of Snowflake before finally
digging into our navigation software. Snowflake was intriguing with many very
attractive old buildings and homes. Turns out, the town was founded in the
late 1800's by Erastus Snow and William Flake. Snow-Flake. Funny name for an
Arizona desert town. Erastus, (love that name, wonder if his middle name was
Jedediah...), was one of two Mormon scouts who first laid eyes on the Salt Lake
Valley, reporting back to Brigham Young that they had found the place. After
settling in Utah in the mid 1800's, groups expanded about forming other Mormon
settlements. Snowflake was one of them. Here are a few pics of some of the very
fine architecture.
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