Linda Allen Kappel   Left, a view of the stoneyard showing some of the spectacular variety of materials available.

To tell the story of Tom’s Hidden Valley Treasures, I first have to tell you a story about my father Tom Allen. He came to the Verde Valley in the late 1940’s. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he loved the west and every summer visited his grandmother in Colorado Springs. Eventurally he discovered Arizona, where he liked the warmer weather and wide open spaces. He worked for Smelter City Ironworks and for other ranchers building fences, cutting wood, whatever job he could find. He was building a little cabin at Hidden Valley Ranch and would go get rocks from nearby areas. His friends and various acquaintances would come by, admire his load of rock and possibly buy or trade him for it. Eventually he got the idea that selling rocks for building and landscape could be a good business and he started to gather and stockpile rocks of various kinds.

Later he established some flagstone mining claims on Casner Mountain and various other permits for surface rock through the Forest Service and private property owners. He built a couple of buildings, purchased a bigger truck and eventually a hydraulic flagstone splitter.
In the early 1950’s, my father married Ingrid T. Matthews and in 1953, I came along.
In about 1975, my father incorporated the business and called it HIdden Valley Enterprises, Inc. He ran this business until he passed away in October of 2002.

In 2004, part of the inventory was taken from the original business and I started an offshoot called Tom’s Hidden Valley Treasurers LLC. I have a large supply of all sorts of rocks, minerals, turquoise, finished stone products and one of a kind jewelry that I make.
I am located 10 miles south of Sedona at Hidden Valley Ranch in Page Springs.

Open by appointment at 928-634-4698.
Come out and poke around, you won’t be disappointed.

Linda Allen Kappel

 

A view of Linda's shop showing just some of the beautiful gifts she has available for purchase.