The scope of this website dedicated
to Helen Frye is outstanding. Serious Sedona history
buffs must include this site in their research.
It is comprised of many, many long, scrolling pages
chock-full of historical Sedona photos, Hollywood stars,
TWA historical ads and photos, and rich-and-famous celebrities
all related to Sedona through Helen Frye. It's the Six
Degrees of Helen Frye for sure and local history that
will dazzle you. Get on this website, bookmark it, and
start learning.
Just a few of the amazing historical facts elaborated
on this fascinating website:
- Jack Frye, Helen's husband, was the visionary and
corporate genius behind TWA
- Their 1940's purchase of 700 acres along lower Oak
Creek later became the land for Red Rock State Park.
- Helen Frye was the motivating force behind the Canyon
Kiva, later the Sedona Art Barn, now known as the Sedona
Arts Center
- Phone service to Sedona was initiated largely due
to Helen's clever persistence
- Max Ernst and wife Dorothea Tanning as well as Walt
Disney all had Sedona connections to Helen and Jack
- Jack and Helen Frye were intimate friends of Howard
Hughes who spent aircraft design time with them at their
Sedona ranch
Webmaster and history researcher Randall Reynolds has
done an fantastic job assembling a mind-boggling assortment
of comprehensive Sedona historical facts, photos, and
related information on this site. It is truly a significant
Sedona resource that must be seen and read thoroughly
to be appreciated. The colorful page layouts and presentation
style that Randall uses adds to the story. It is definitely
reminiscent of early internet websites that kept adding
more info as they grew by lengthening the pages and
adding more hyperlinks to additional pages within the
website that are pertinent to the subject at hand. It
takes a bit of getting used to if you don't remember
this original web style because there's no navigation
list or reference as to where you are in the website.
You have to just page back and continue on. You'll love
it, though, once you get in the swing and soon you'll
be jumping from one link to another following Helen
Frye's Sedona journey and the way it used to be.
