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Show Stake Organizations in the Little Colorado Valley . Valley that the oriRinal settlement of the of the Little effected as a 'tMissiontt; and for the first 2 years from t!le first "missionary" call in January, 1876, the project was known as "The Little Col orado Mission". Perhaps we may compare with our "labor cal.Ls'' of today---in Sot kerica, Europe, end elsewhere are members of the Curch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called on their missions, not prticularly to wk among te people for pbrposes of conversion to' the Gospel, but to work at their trade in t.he construction of church buildings, etc., although witl them perhaps both The first settlers in forms of umissionary work" may be done to some extent. We may Co Lor-ado again note was ..... the Little Colorado Mission were thus directly called by Church authcrities to colonize t.he country, although from among their number-, many were later "ca l.Led" to fill ecclesiastical positions, do mi.s sd.onary work, and perhaps ot.her wor-k for aborigines, the training, among Later t.han t.he first call of some . etc. 200 young men---vdth some admixture of elderly and experienced individuaLs, t!le "ca l l.s" continued for some There were, however, a considerale rober who emigrated from Utah to time. more the Litt le Colorado l-1ission---and of course the reasons for Vleir action may have teen often more or Less personal, the hope of securing better homes tlan te:v had in Ut ah , or even for adventure. :Hany of t:lose directly "cal.Led" beceme discouraged and returned to Utah---some of them perhaps ostensibly for tle pur-pose '::'If p.:€tting t1eir families, or marrying; but only a portion of Frihoff G. Nielson, the first such came bck to the Arizona settlements. Stake Clerk, consfdered t.hat hardly l/loth or- the originaLly "ca Ll.ed" There was no general "r-e Leaee" from the "MissionH nu s s i.onar-Le s r-enai.ned . , until Janua.ry, 1900, when such was .made public at a conference in St. Johns. already set forth the organization 0" the "'Little Colorado Stake" January 28, 1878 at Sunset. At that time the colonists were grouped in 4 set tlements, besides missionary outposts among the Indians. These were Sunset, Briham City, Taylor (5-miles below St. Joseph), and St. Joseph. The first 3 just named were organized as "war-da", each ;dth its Bishop; and St. Joseph We have wes made a "Br-anch" with 'a ization in Arizona. "Pr-est.dd.ng Elder". This the first Stake organ WGS On the 27th of December, 1878, President John Taylor directed t.hat the I Lat.er settlements east of a line drawn south from Ber-ado S Oros s: ng---on the site of the later Holtrook, be organized into another Stake to be called the .. The Eastern Ar-i.zons Stake. t1e division line mentioned, into the Eastern Arizona T1is stake was new e Stake, reorganized Stake Lt.hough with December organized; 18, 1887, strictly wi.t.h settlements passed rut not the Silver Creek headquarters July 23, 1887; tlSt,. Johns Stake, ':'ith- David K. Udall I tink ') ad pr-ev i ")us l.y preEic1ed). AtlH t.l.s later, was 8S at_ and the President. St. J ohns , changed to (Jesse N. Smith, name the Snowf'Leke Stake Has or-zam.z ed Fith F?p.dqu[rters at Snowf'Lake 2:id Jesse N, Smith President. From t.he date, 18, 182y{, Sno'Wflld St ake inc luded the Silver Creek se t.t lement. s, lest Dec e-nccr l':oodr11ff, and t.he f'r-agment.s to the west.war-d of l,';hat had been t11E Co l.or ado Stake f Zion.- ote "Li.t t.Le the date of dt.scont.Lnucnce of t.he nLH tle I rernemcer a Genec-bricGl Rec:)rd Colora.do Sta.ke". ma.J.iot ce certain. Book of t'1e St. ·('Ic.:'1'd m- rked "Sad.nt Joseph \'Jard, Last, (or Eastern) Conference of the Li t Le Co Lor-ado Arizm' Stake. T1_€ latest That, December 18, 1887 Jse311 was Qu.arterly J ... |
