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Sedona History
The City of Sedona was originally named after the wife of the postmaster T.C. Schnebly in the early 1900s, This great city
began as a quiet agricultural community. In the early 1940s and 1950s production companies in Hollywood began using
Sedona as a movie location, shooting such classics as "Apache" and "Billy The Kid." In the 1960s and '70s the beauty of the surroundings started attracting retirees, artists and tourists in large numbers and the town grew dramatically.     
In October 1901, T. Carl Schnebly arrived with his wife and two children Ellsworth and Pearl, from their home in Gorin, Missouri.
At the time there were only six families living in the area. Carl decided to create one of the first fruit orchards and opened a little
store to sell produce. It soon became the social center of the community and a rest stop for early Westerners on their way from Jerome to Flagstaff. The Schnebly family realized the biggest complaint of the residents was that it took too long to get their mail. It had to come from Flagstaff and could take months to receive.

In 1902 Carl sent off for a postal permit. He liked the name Schnebly Station. Unfortunately, he was notified the name was too
long to put on a cancellation stamp. On his second try, he used his wife's name, Sedona. It was approved by postal officials
on June 26, 1902. Carl Schnebly was the first postmaster of Sedona.
Some think that it must have been very glamorous having a town named after oneself. Actually, Sedona Schnebly did not have an easy time of it. Her family disinherited her for running off to Indian country to marry "that darn Carl Schnebly".
Early Native Americans considered the Red Rocks sacred and traveled from afar to perform ceremonies among the sublime formations. Only the bravest chiefs and medicine men were allowed to what was considered to be home to the gods.
Cathedral Rock was honored as the birthplace of the first man and woman. Even today you can see the first woman and man standing back to back in the formation.

Around 1980 a New Age movement believed they discovered vortexes - specially charged areas of energy - giving rise to a
new and thriving spiritual industry in the area. Locations such as Bell Rock, Airport Mesa and Boynton Canyon attract visitors
in large numbers throughout the year.
Nestled among crimson sandstone formations at the southern end of Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona benefits from one of the most beautiful locations in Arizona. Sedona is also known as the foremost New Age center in the Southwest, and one of the most 'important' anywhere.

Often listed among the most beautiful cities in the country, come visit, come stay.  Sedona is every bit as enchanted as
once could wish for. 
Sedona ... everything you dreamed it to be!