For more than 11,000 years, humans have lived in the Sedona region.The first inhabitants were indians of Asian ancestry. They hunted,gathered and cultivated the area until Europeans and their descendents entered the area 500 years ago. The first Europeans to discover the region in 1583 were members of the Spanish expedition in search of the legendary rich indians mines.
Sedona began as a small, remote ranching and farming settlement in 1896 when the first permanent settler John James Thompson, squatted in Oak Creek Canyon. By 1920's 20 families lived in the settlement and a postal station was petitioned by Theodore Schnelby. The petition was granted and Schnelby named the new post office in honor of his wife, Sedona.
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