Sedona in Yavapai County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Little Horse Park/Chapel of the Holy Cross
Historic Sedona
Photographed By Denise Boose, April 26, 2019
1. Historic Sedona Marker
Little Horse Park, now called the Chapel area, was originally a mixture of private and US Forest Service property. Lee Piper homestead there and Otto Hallermund held the Forest Service-issued grazing permit for the area – part of the Sedona Allotment. This grazing area extended west to include all of Grasshopper Flat (West Sedona), down to Red Rock Crossing, and east back through Back O’Beyond and Little Horse Park. Otto had contact in Hollywood and because of this the farm home set for John Wayne’s “Angel and the Badman” film was built here.
Wild horses on their way to the creek came to this area to graze when it was open range. Fences didn’t come here until the 1950s.
Marguerite Brunswig Staude’s dream of a modern Catholic chapel took form in the Chapel of the Holy Cross on a rock formation in Little Horse Park in 1956. The Chapel sub-divisions were soon to follow.
Erected by Sedona Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Churches & Religion • Entertainment • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1956.
Location. 34° 52.014′ N, 111° 45.764′ W. Marker is in Sedona, Arizona, in Yavapai County. Marker can be reached
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Sedona Heritage Museum (a few steps from this marker); Sedona Historical Society (a few steps from this marker); Early Tourism (within shouting distance of this marker); Early Uptown (within shouting distance of this marker); John Wayne & His Sedona Connection (within shouting distance of this marker); Orchards (within shouting distance of this marker); First Assembly of God (within shouting distance of this marker); The Artist of Sedona (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sedona.
Also see . . .
1. Little Horse Trail No. 61. US Forest Service entry (Submitted on December 2, 2019.)
2. St. John Vianney Catholic Community. Parish Website:
The historic Chapel of the Holy Cross is under the pastoral care of St. John Vianney Parish in Sedona. (Submitted on December 2, 2019.)
3. Chapel of the Holy Cross (Sedona, Arizona). Wikipedia entry (Submitted on March 4, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed By Denise Boose, April 26, 2019
2. Historic Sedona Marker
courtesy of the Sedona Historical Society
3. Chapel of the Holy Cross
Photographed By Denise Boose, January 3, 2007
4. Historic Sedona Marker
Chapel of the Holy Cross
Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2019, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. This page has been viewed 324 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 11, 2019, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
