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Show Johns had mad e some explora 1e may note here aain that the Spanish from Hexico as 'as far rack 15hO; and they were attempting on of this country per-raps 'and Arizona country by 1600. The Hexico New northern +he in on L'Jnizat"1 Ld hadne so long, f'or' since possession of the t.hey matter, feture rprising t'1at t!1ey han not accomplished more. The great objective of the early Span however, was the acquisition of immense wealth, such as they had found Eexico dnr-Lnc t1e expedition of Cortez, 1519-22, and in Peru with Pi.zer-r-o" s rd s , 'I'he weaLt.h was not to be found in in 'northern New Hexi.co , DEdition of 1532. 'aLl t!f.S nort'1ern country was caned earlier t:lm t.he middle of the 19th a prominent .nat.t.er- before te :ltury; and it seems that Shortage was not States United about t:1e middle of the19th' from -the ni.nz of the uAmericans" a few we that Ll, "advent.ur-er-s" would brave we e cour-s mip,ht expect , 1tury. Of in at the It was a few choice Northland. locate anc' dan-er-s spots ; Indian ch as these that preceded the A .ier-i.cans , wo did not come for sett l.emerrt by the Mcrmons and the very few t i L). after the Hexi.can \var; and wer-e found lte men preceding them into the country. t the St. Johns vicinity were a fe"'r'l lvlexicans, as were also found at Concho, places in the Little Colorado crainag.\vhen the Mormons arrived; j a few ot.he-r so few tha.t t he country could har'd Ly be considered "col l.zed" by t.he- people from Pirner-i.a Alta and Hexico. t their numbers were noted, Solomon Earth was in the St. Johns vicinity e.s early as )4---a mail carrier between Altuquerque and Prescot t. He 'iad been an Indian der; and had had some a.ir-raising experiences with the Indians; and in 1870 5 a trader at Fort Apache---calLed Camp Ord at that time. Perhaps much like 3.5. E. Cooley won possession of the' ranch' held by himself and Harion Clark at "El, Badi.t o" Sow Low, Barth, in playing cards wi.t.h hi,s hexican ned.ghbor-s settlement' on the site' of St. -Johns vias then Lttle Crossing) as the little won several t110usand head of sheep and several t.housand do l-l.ar-s l.l.ed \S already . . , , Solomon Barth decided to ttseU,l.E' down'"; Yith tis conai.der-abl,e fortune, ad his two brothers, Morris and Nathan Barth made setteant with I T:1e name of the pl.ace was ctters rightsU to Some 1,200 acres of land. snr-ed from Badito to San Juan, in honor of the ,first female Nexican resident, Senora t"laria San -Ju an Baca de Padilla---it is said that ali names r-e l.Lgi.ous l.v ol.i.ed to places in Arizona,' 1d.t!1 t1is one exception, were made by either Cat.h Lc missionaries or by the Mormons. he 1877, Ammon by President Brigham Young to find good Henco; c!1d after making ex' ensive exanri.nat.Lon of t!1e country, recommended St. Johns, t.he newhat 3.dOirIS, Concho, 2:1d itio00ruf. Tenney returned in 1879, und er Lnst r» ct i.ons )m t.tl": Church; and on November 16, 1879 made purchase of the Barth rights, luding three c La i.ms at The ·leadows- 8 or 9 miles to the northwest of St. ins fa" 77G head of cattle, of which 100 head were "Loened" bv Vim. J. Flake [n M. Tenney was sent :!ations for Mormon settlements in A.rizona and New = value was e st.imet.ed at about, .. - "19,OOO.00. 1onnon settlement began in tE- following month, 'dth the arrival of Joseph \vat1dns end'V'.fm. F. James with teir f-amilies from Ogden, Utah. Ot.her s came m; 8:1d in about, 3 mont.he, }tarch Z7,' 1880, t:,e member-shi.p of the St. Johns ranch" was reported 8S 190. ThE' first location' s e etns to have teen about, ri l e and a ha Lf be low t he later site; rut t.h Ls vJ5S abandoned in September, O for higher ground. David K. Ude Ut.ah to act. cal.Led from Kane Co Bishop of t,he St. l.sc'1001 house, 0·-:-- frst teacher. For ---a sn ed of pol.r s , Johns ward, log, re , 9, 1800. , ' tructed in 1881; e nd hrs. Anna Rn"ny was services, in suuuer , was the t hen fa.1Utiar "bow. r.:rass, etc. fur-ru shi.nz shade. .was Li.z i.ous 1::r'lsh, LL, arrived October con: |
