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Abstract
Excerpts: The Snowflake area, as here defined, lies within the drainage basin of Silver Creek which rises in the Sitgreaves National Forest and flows roughly northward, joining the Little Colorado River fifteen miles above Holbrook. The principal concentration of agricultural land with in the area extends for about nine miles along Silver Creek just north of the forest boundary, and includes 2000 acres of irrigated land. The population of this irrigated strip is concentrated for the most part in the three settlements of Snowflake, Taylor and Shumway. Together, these include about 1000 people or 225 families (Within this paper the name Snowflake will be used to designate these three settlements.)