Mormon Settlement in Arizona: A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the DesertMcClintock, James H.
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Mormon Settlement in Arizona: A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert
McClintock, James H.
Arizona -- History -- To 1950; Latter Day Saints -- Arizona -- History
Walker, Bagley, TAYLOR--on Silver Creek, 3 m. s. of Snowflake
Walnut Grove, RICHVILLE--18 m. s. of St. Johns on Little Colorado r.
West Point, LOGAN--s. of Muddy r., 15 m. w. of St. Joseph, Nevada
Whitewater--22 m. e. of Tombstone.
Wilford--6 m. sw. of Heber, 56 m. sw. of Holbrook
Williams Valley--in New Mexico, 36 m. s. of Luna Valley
Willow Springs--on Mormon road, 7 m. nw. of Tuba
Winsor, Mt. Carmel--was United Order ward in Long Valley n. of Kanab
Winsor Castle, PIPE SPRINGS--on Mormon road, 20 m. sw. of Kanab
WOODRUFF, Tenney's Camp--ward on Little Colorado r., 12 m. se. of
Holbrook
Woolf Crossing, ranch, Beaver ranch, Lone Pine, Reidhead--10 m. s. of
Taylor
Woodland, Fairview, LAKESIDE--3 m. nw. of Pinetop
Zenos, Hayden, Mesaville, MESA--16 m. e. of Phoenix
CHRONOLOGY OF LEADING EVENTS
1846--Feb. 4, Chas. Shumway first to cross Mississippi in exodus from
Nauvoo; Feb. 4, "Brooklyn" sailed from New York, with 235 L. D. S.; July
29, arr. San Francisco; July 20, Mormon Battalion left Council Bluffs;
Aug. 1, arr. Ft. Leavenworth; 12, left Leavenworth; 23. Col. Allen died;
Oct. 9, 1st detachment at Santa Fe; 13, Cooke in command; Sept. 16,
families sent to Pueblo; Oct. 19, left Sant Fe; Nov. 21, turned to west;
28, at summit Rockies; Dec. 18, at Tucson; 22, arr. Pima villages.
1847--Jan. 8, Battalion at mouth of Gila; 10, crossed Colorado r.; 29,
arr. near San Diego; July 16, discharged; 24, Pres. Young and Utah
pioneers reached Salt Lake Valley.
1848--Jan. 24, gold discovered at Sutter's Fort, Cal.
1851--June, Lyman and Rich and about 500 from Utah located San
Bernardino, Cal.; fall, Mormons located at Tubac.
1853--First missionaries in Las Vegas district.
1855--May 10, 30 missionaries left Salt Lake for Las Vegas.
1857--Ira Hatch and Dudley Leavitt among Paiutes; Hamblin sees Ives
steamer "Explorer;" Sept. 11, Mountain Meadows massacre.
1858--Jan., Ira Hatch sent to Muddy; Feb., Col. Kane treaty with Paiutes;
San Bernardino vacated; spring, Hamblin to Colorado r.; first trip across
Colorado r.
1859--Oct., Hamblin to Hopi.
1860--Oct., Hamblin to Hopi; Nov. 2, Geo. A. Smith, Jr., killed by
Indians near Tuba.
1862--Nov., Hamblin to Hopi.
1863--Feb. 24, Arizona Territory organized from New Mexico; Mar. 18.
Hamblin to Hopi; Pipe Springs located by Dr. J. M. Whitmore.
1864--Mar., Hamblin party parleys with Navajos; Moccasin Springs settled;
United Order established in Brigham City. Utah, by Lorenzo Snow; Oct.,
Anson Call directed to establish Colorado r. port, Beaver Dams settled by
Henry W. Miller; Dec. 2. Call party at site of Call's landing; 18, work
begun at Call's Landing.
1865--Jan. 8, first settlers at St. Thomas on Muddy r., settlement of St.
Joseph on Muddy r.; settlement on Paria Creek; Dec., Muddy section
organized as Pah-ute County, Arizona.
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