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Show Taylor---On t,he Lit_t Le Co lorado _ little settlement, first occupied during t he winter of 1877-78, was It should not be confused 'It.'ith the other place of the of very short duration. some 3 miles above Snowflake. on Silver Creek, same name, which still persists, sarne of the Chur-ch of Jesus Christ of Both were named in honor of the dignitf!ry Lat t er=day Saints, John Taylor, an 'Apostle and later President of the Church; 'I'his toth had other designation before the The lower settlement was situated some of the C'iurch officer miles to the westward of 4 south of the Little Colorado. apparently and applied. was Allen "91d Fort", the -mile perhaps and Sinc-e the site was only about 2 miles from the 'acandoned place during my boyhood---as I name I often wander-ed over it, ruins showed t.re existence of cut two or three places tat may have been houses or ycrds, and a cellar, which presumed had been used for milk or oter storage. I h8d the .idea, of' course obta.ined from older people, that the f'ir st people at the locality were from Br-Igham City, and that they came in 1877 a short time "before the Kartchner, ranch, our reco llect arrival of the Utah company in v:hich were Wm. J. The Fl.ake-Kar-t.ch ne r Albert Einerly, and others. Flake, John company of B 'families mostly from Panzut.t.ch and Beaver, Utah, are said to have arrived' January 22, 1878; end for t.h e most part the settlers lived in their ,ni!?'ons, per!1ps dnrirtg te Entire life of the colony. Among them, it is said, wer 8. number- of ftArkansc.s immirantsH---these were probab l.y member-s of .Led cyNelson P, Bebee, tie two companies saints from the Southern St at.e s arriving at Allen's Camp September 2:1d and October ll·th, 1877; and from tere being distributed peraps among a.ll the established colonies. some The United Order to have been seems inaugurated here at the outset; and public building erected i:'imediately was used as a d.l.ni.ng-hal l., church, and place 'of en€ral assembly as needed---itsuse as a school house is also the: one ment Loned , Their diversion dam in the-river, some 2 miles above the settlemEnt, did not have a very good location---in a rather sharp bfnd of the river, it appears tat the stream could .rater easily wash it out,or the ca!1r1el could readily cange and leave the structure useless, should it chance to remain in place. It is f'sa.id that 5 of these "temporary" structures had been 'washed e bef'or the colonists entirely "lost heart" and moved , most of them out, to found p'oinf! Snowflake, first called nSilver Creek" in July, 1878. There found better soil, and much better condft i.ons much they - , Even dur-Lnzi.ts very S!10rt lifetime, t hf,s l1Tayl.orll settlement had eccle sd e st.i.c al. In te Stake organization proceedings, Janu2ry 27, orpaizati0n as a Nard. '"";.-.;..\.'J!.' was John sustained as Bi.shop, i. th VVm. J. F1a ke and A. '.iinerly Kar-t.c'inerH78, . as his vas counselors; and __ -' \ again sustained Bishop of on May 26, in the conference 1878, wi.t.h 'tim. J. Flake Ls t Counselor, Taylor, Clayton (succeeding A. Hi.nerly) . .-- a.s John Kartch and Don C. ner 2nd Coun2elor. In te record' Qf the Conference he Ld at Sunset January 27-28, 1878, it is st,p-ted thct in addition to John vl. Young and party from Ut.ah (and of course member-s from Bri.f;ham City and Sunset), there were in attendance also Ita f!ood number- of brethren and sisters from Allen and Union"---the last name it seens 'have teen in reference to the new settlement, merrt i.oned as "Tavl.or-" in minutes of the organization mevt.Lng and later. e can hardl.y assign other reason for the designation than that the name eppealed to the sett1.ers of mns t 'l'avl.or because pears that they adopted Kartchfr had t'1is conference at Sunset. couragingly cr the the "United OrdEr" arrived at the location Four months colonY---35 acres Later, of wheat beginning--...:..it at the less than a ap week cefore Kartchner seemed to planted, 8 acres speak irrtgated, en- etc. |
