Flume Creek Canyon, McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area USA According to Dorothy (Raber) Beard, it was homesteaded early on by the Haller family. The Flume Canyon Homestead was later purchased by Dorothy and her husband Irving Beard, who finished proving up the land in 1934. It was, apparently, one of the last homesteads that the Federal Government allowed to be purchased in the area. yes yes