The Long Way
Navajo County
Fireworks light up the night sky over a field with cars and spectators.
Plate I. Fireworks display, Snowflake Pioneer Days. From snowflakepioneerdays.com
An old photograph showing a group of people marching in a procession with an American flag.
Plate II. Parade reenactors, Snowflake Pioneer Days. From silvercreekherald.com
A bronze monument stands outdoors in front of a building with a green roof.
Plate III. Pioneer Memorial Monument, Snowflake Pioneer Days. From snowflakepioneerdays.com
Historic black and white photograph of a group of people marching in a parade with an American flag and instruments.
Plate IV. Parade procession, Snowflake Pioneer Days. From silvercreekherald.com
A parade float designed like a boat with people on it, surrounded by a crowd.
Plate V. Parade float, Snowflake Pioneer Days. From gowhitemountains.com

Snowflake Pioneer Days

Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona. Community Organization; around the 24th of July.

Details

Map. Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona. Larger map
Where
Frederickson Park - 106 W 9th St. S, Snowflake, AZ 85937. Directions
When
2027 - July 23rd & 24th 2028 - July 21st & 22nd 2029 - July 20th & 21st 2030 - July 26th & 27th 2031 - July 25th & 26th 2032 - July 23rd & 24th 2033 - July 22nd & 23rd 2034 - July 21st & 22nd 2035 - July 20th & 21st.
Getting there
The parade will start at 2nd West and 9th South and travel North along 2nd West.
Fees
Free.
Walk-in or reserve
Final day for signup is July 11th, 2026.
Website
snowflakepioneerdays.com
Managed by
Snowflake Pioneer Days.

An Inheritance of Faith. This video provides a narration of the founding of Snowflake Arizona, detailing the Pioneers arriving to the area around the 24th of July.

Notable Events

  1. 1878On July 21, 1878, William Jordan Flake and other pioneer families moved onto the ranch that became Snowflake. intermountainhistories.org
  2. 1878Church Apostle Erastus Snow visited the townsite and they named the settlement Snowflake, a combination of Snow and Flake's names. intermountainhistories.org
  3. 1878Flake first entered the valley on July 4, 1878. He met Stinson and struck a deal to buy Stinson's squatter rights. silvercreekherald.com
  4. 1910Parade in Snowflake from July, 24, 1910, courtesy of Church of Jesus Christ Catalog. silvercreekherald.com
  5. 1919The town was officially incorporated in 1919. intermountainhistories.org
  6. 2000More than 25,000 people gathered July 21 for a Pioneer Day celebration during which President James E. Faust dedicated a monument to the founders of the town. thechurchnews.com

People

  • Erastus Snow, Apostle; suggested the name Snow-Flake; depicted in the founders' monument.
  • William Jordan Flake, the town's founder.
  • James E. Faust, dedicated the founders' monument and was grand marshal of the Pioneer Day parade (2000).
  • Justin Fairbanks, artist who sculpted the founders' monument.

Sources

  1. snowflakepioneerdays.com/schedule-of-events
  2. snowflakeaz.gov
  3. silvercreekherald.com/p/snowflakes-pioneer-day-celebration
  4. gowhitemountains.com/snowflake-arizona-pioneer-days
  5. snowflakepioneerdays.com
  6. snowflakepioneerdays.com/parade-info
  7. snowflakepioneerdays.com/future-events
  8. facebook.com/Snowflake-Pioneer-Days-147748049107547
  9. instagram.com/snowflake_taylor_pioneer_days
  10. snowflaketaylorchamber.org/annual-events
  11. intermountainhistories.org/items/show/742
  12. thechurchnews.com/2000/7/29/23246056/people-world-over-love-this-tiny-town