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Show CHAPTER XIV: THE MEADOW VALLEY FARM 1. Barney, "Biographical Sketch," p. 4. 2. Barney and Bean to Brigham Young, 22 toy 1858. 3. Bean's Report, Manuscript History, 7 June I858, p. 613. 4. Ibid. 5. George M. Wheeler, Preliminary Report upon a Reconnaissance through Southern and Southeastern Nevada made in I869 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875), P. 61. 6. Bean's Report, Manuscript History, 7 June I858, p. 613. Bean later told Wilford Woodruff, "The lower Beaver is one of the best vallies in the mountains." (Woodruff, Diary, 7 June I858.) This valley was, of course, much too close to existing settlements to be considered for tbe refuge. Paradoxically, the White Mountain Mission of 1855 contended the lower Beaver Valley was worthless. Evans reported that with the exception of a few spots, "I consider the balance a desert and if it is not a desert there is no desert to be found in this region of country." ("Report of the White Mountain Mission," Journal History, 17 July 1855, p. 10.) This report probably impeded the development of lower Beaver Valley. Minersville was founded in the valley shortly after Bean's positive report, with the first settlers arriving in torch, 1859. 7. Bean's Report, Manuscript History, 7 June 1858, p. 613. 8. Ibid., pp. 613-14. 9. Woodruff, Diary, 7 June 1858. 10. Dame to Young, 26 toy 1858. Dame bad accompanied Young on a tour of the Salmon River country in the spring of l857« 373 |
