Sedona Schnebly

Among her legacy is a sculpture of a statue in her likeness by the Sedona Red Rocks Arts Council honoring her memory.

[1][2][3][4] She attended the Gorin Academy where she received a formal education including languages and learned to play the piano.

Schnebly's brother, Ellsworth, had previously moved to the Oak Creek region of Arizona for health reasons upon the recommendation of his medical doctor.

Ellsworth wrote to the Schneblys encouraging them to move to Arizona which had plenty of land with deep grass, crystal clear air and lots of game and fish.

Convinced by Ellsworth, the Schneblys told Sedona's parents about their plans of moving to the West (Arizona).

Together with other pioneer families, he blasted out irrigation routes and moved the water through ditches, flumes and pipelines.

He purchased 80 from Frank Owenby, who had homesteaded the land, with an orchard in the area known as Camp Garden, which was along Oak Creek.

They built a two-story house and established a small store where they sold their goods to the local residents.

Not only did Sedona cook for everyone and tend to her children, but she helped on the farm, made soap, and canned fruits and vegetables.

[1][2][3][4] On June 12, 1905, Sedona's five-year-old daughter Pearl was killed when she became tangled in the reins on her pony and she was trampled to death.

[1][2][3][4] Sedona's husband eventually decided that he would like to return to farming and the family moved to Boyero, Colorado.

[1][2][3][4] Sedona Schnebly taught Bible at the American Sunday School and saved money to fund the building of a religious chapel.

[1][2][3][4] On February 14, 2012, the Sedona Schnebly Memorial bell was rung at 2:14 during the Arizona Centennial celebration of Statehood in front of the Wayside Chapel.

The statue which was made in 1994 by Susan Kliewer, a local artist was unveiled on October 1, 1994, in front of the Sedona Public Library located at 3250 White Bear Road.

The plaque on the base of the statue reads as follows[1][2][3][4] Sedona Miller Schnebly and her family were early farmers in the Oak Creek area.

Sedona Schnebly (the city's namesake) and her son Ellsworth (Tad) Miller Schnebly in a christening gown in 1898
Oak Creek Tenthouse
Grave-site of Sedona Schnebly (1877–1950)
Wayside Chapel