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Show //«: //"/ ' .. The s !_9seph Ci._ of Names Lo ri of "TLe quoted fol Lowd ng is the Little Colorado minutes of the forenoon ses of Jan. 28, 1878. ·to Sunset. Bllingerts changed from the stake conference Smith's camp was Allen's camp to Joseph City (after the p r cphet ) ; to Brigham City; Erother Flake an party wer€ settling call ed where and th place the Apostle John Taylor; and we mxk. agree to make a Taylor after Carried by united effort to call these settlements by these names. name vote." unanimous It stated of Let is .)0. noticeable t}at the minutes of bishop of "St. the name the that in the mirrutes' of this conference "Joseph of. Allen's camp was changed to same (the previous day) speaks conference i t is City; of Joseph"; ard in his resume' of events, under the stake clerk t I o n, "History of the Llttle COlorado Mission", the to"Saint Joseph" •. states' that the name or a.lle 11., was cr.a nge d the cap> also exists .r e La tLve to the name of this A manuscript history place ,prior to its beir named "St. Joseph". the t.e r at personnel of Wm. C. Allen's giving of the early settlement, arrival their of and. here, saye; "The place we. s : company telling F. G. Nielson, in hie manuscript hist then called "Allen's·Camp". Little Colorado mission, says, "We C. Allen and co mpa ny ory of the settled about 20 miles southeast of Sunset crossin, ar4 named the clerk of the Li tt:e who Ls.t e t: be e ame The same wri t e r "Alle n", Some disagreement , . place , Colorado stake, of name to "St. uniformly calls the Joseph" in 1878. "Allen" until up the change Members of Prest. Allen's that "Moved by J. Skousen place. J. L. Robertson, we appo t nt a'· 'col1llTli t tea of 5 to Lysander Dayton, Wm. Crer,- Theodore Angell, ;r. U. Walker was appoint An add i ti 0 n to the mi n.rt e s o r this SFe ci al ed thi s commi ttee" " 26th., Meeting to hear the report ofth€ committee: meeting reads: One was They handed in two names to be c o ns i der ed by the company. these that Preset. the Moved by Allen City, the other Rama City. size ar.e the s of exactly two names be written on two pieces of paper 3 about Alfred years of child Cluff, and be put Ln. a ha t ; and a Carried." the name of the city. old, "MiITts of a Meting Company, ealed May 24, 1876", we In te . place of tbe read: name this ' , • < drw find no record showing definitely the';"outcome of t_:.is drawing of. names, which I presume was done after the "adjournnlent of the meet of Yavapai ing; but a copy of a petition to the Board of Supervisors men ame s 1876, date, ME,:>," 24', county for a road district, be a .r i ng t.he road. the of route proposed tions "Allen- City" as being on the I \ . The ·to above form his fOllows: own original sources will conclusions. My statement of the citations to the reader be as would matter. enable : e ab Ly The place W5 called, "Allen" or "Allen's Camp" Lnt e r charg and City d by various members of the co Lo ni.e 5 at Sunset, Obe , Bri'gh,--m Jan. conference at 28, St. Joseph until the formal' che.ng e of name the' '1878. Since L. Y; Savage, who evidently took minutes while off1the is tht it probable ference was in session so records it, same the clerk, that fa'ct the change was to "Joseph Ci ty"; but CO? lial " |
