SNOWFLAKE, Ariz. — In the heart of this small central-Arizona town is Heritage Inn, a perfect Victorian-style getaway, remodeled yet still perfectly preserved, frozen in the late 19th century.

During a fall visit, mature trees overflowing with apples hang over the property at the corner of Main and 2nd Street. Roses envelop the other side of the inn.

The original owner of this home was Osmer D. Flake, the sixth child of William Morgan Flake, the founder of the town of Snowflake.

The younger Flake, born in Beaver, Utah, moved out of state with his family in 1877, when President Brigham Young of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called on the older Flake to start a settlement in northern Arizona.

The property remained a private residence for more than 100 years, passed down

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