Zeniff, Arizona

At this time, Zeniff consisted primarily of single room adobe cabins and frame houses.Being a guaranteed water source with fenced pastures for cattle, cowboys often made Zeniff a routine stop.In November 1927, some of Zeniff's landowners met in Snowflake to form a corporation "to acquire land through purchase of lease for farming or grazing or sub-leasing to others."By June 1928, fifty acres of corn were planted, in addition to oats and clovers for yearling calves.In 1937, to avoid defaulting on the mortgage, a "mutually beneficial" contract was drawn up by Fred Turley (family friend and local dude ranch owner).Mr. Turley was to receive deeded and leased land, and access to 2 stock watering tanks in trade for cancellation of the Bushman mortgage.In 1956, Southwest Forest Industries purchased all of the land to build a paper pulp mill with the intent of using the "Dry Lakes" for waste water storage.