Scenic Attractions
The Snowflake
area is known as the "Hub" of the White Mountains as it is centrally located.
Only an hour's drive from many great outdoor activities such as
camping,
hunting, fishing, and
skiing.
From
Phoenix, the towns of Snowflake-Taylor are a pleasant three hour drive to enjoy
year-round golfing at the Snowflake Municipal Golf Course. The course is
adjacent to a 90 space RV park and set amidst the beautiful Snowflake Country
Club Estates. The town offers two motels with over 65 rooms for travelers,
along with local restaurants and cafes that provide an "Old West" atmosphere.
James
Stinson, a cattleman engaged in supplying cattle to a military post,
established his Rancho Rio De La Plata on the Silver Creek. He first saw the
Silver Creek valley in about 1870 to 1873. He hired about 400 Mexican workers
and they soon had 300 acres under irrigation.
In the
summer of 1878, a group of Mormon pioneers, including Erastus Snow and William
J. Flake, were sent on colonization missions by Brigham Young. They settled on
the Stinson Ranch and named the townsite Snowflake. That same year, settlers
also founded Taylor, named in honor of John Taylor, a president of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints. Many descendants of these pioneers are
still in the area. Many of the homes of the
first generation of settlers still remain in a habitable condition with their
original decorations and are listed with the Arizona State Historic
Preservation Office. Six, of the over one hundred homes, are listed on the
National Register of Historic Buildings. Visitors to Snowflake-Taylor will
enjoy a walking or driving tour of these many historic buildings. There are
numerous fine examples of Victorian, Georgian, Greek Revival, Gothic, Colonial,
and Neoclassical architecture. Three of the homes are historical museums which
can be toured on week days or by appointment.
Area
Attractions
- The Sinks: Unique geological formations where the ground has
sunken into subterranean faults and created huge craters.
- Petroglyphs: Areas of Silver Creek Canyon where past native
inhabitants have covered the walls with symbolic writings telling events of
their time.
- Taylor
Cemetery: Buried under rows of towering spruce. Pioneers were told spruce
trees could not be transplanted there, nor would they grow.
- Black
Mesa: Unusual flat-top mountain/ridge covered with Indian ruins and history
of the area.
- Cabin "found
in a fire": An old pioneer home that burned and revealed a complete cabin
that had been converted to a sewing room in the house built around
it.
- Pioneer
memorial homes: Tour them in the summer for an interesting trip to the
pioneer past.
For further information, contact:
- Snowflake/Taylor Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 776 Snowflake,
AZ 85937 phone: (928) 536-4331
- Town of Snowflake
81 W. First Street Snowflake, AZ 85937
phone: (928) 536-7103
- Town of Taylor
P.O. Box 158 Taylor, AZ 85939 phone:
928 536-7366
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