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
1866--Jan. 8, Whitmore and McIntire killed by Indians near Pipe Springs;
June 4, conference with Indians on Muddy r.; Moccasin vacated through
Indian troubles; Nov., steamer "Esmeralda" on upper Colorado r.
1867--Jan. 18, Pah-ute county claimed by Nevada; spring, floods caused
abandonment of Beaver Dams; Oct. 1, county seat of Pah-ute moved from
Callville to St. Thomas.
1868--Feb. 10, trouble with Paiutes on Muddy r.; August 18, destructive
fire at St. Joseph; Nov. 1, Andrew S. Gibbons and O.D. Gass started from
Callville to Ft. Yuma by boat.
1869--Feb. 8, Junction City (Rioville) established; Feb. 15, Utah
organized Rio Virgen County, including Muddy settlements; May 29, Powell
started first trip down Canyon; June 12, Davidson family died of thirst
on desert near Muddy r.; June 16, Callville abandoned; August, 3 of
Powell's men killed by Indians; 29, Powell ended trip below Canyon; Oct.,
Hamblin at Hopi.
1870--Mar., Brigham Young party visited Muddy settlements; June 14,
settlement on Kanab Creek; Sept., Hamblin to Mt. Trumbull with J.W.
Powell; Nov. 5, Hamblin peace talk with Navajos at Ft. Defiance; took
Chief Tuba to Utah; Dec., determination to abandon Muddy settlements.
1871--Spring, abandonment Muddy district; Pah-ute County abolished by
Arizona Territory; Aug., Hamblin, with Powell, on second Colorado r.
trip; Moccasin Springs re-settled; Moen Copie made mission post;
1872--John D. Lee located at mouth of Paria; June 28, J.H. Beadle at
Lee's Ferry.
1873--Mar. 8, Brigham Young instructed Arizona colonists in Salt Lake;
spring, L.W. Roundy and Hamblin at Moen Copie; May 1, H.D. Haight party
left Utah for Little Colorado Valley; May 22, Haight party on Little
Colorado r.; June 30, Haight party turned back.
1874--Jan., Hamblin to Hopi to prevent war; Aug., Hamblin to Ft. Defiance
on peace mission.
1875--Feb. 20, Orderville established; Sept. 16, D.W. Jones exploration
party left Salt Lake; Oct. 27, Jones party crossed Colorado r.; 30, Jas.
S. Brown exploring party left Salt Lake; Dec. 4, Brown party at Moen
Copie; 14, Jones party at Tucson.
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