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Show j1f3 , Set.tlemep.ts_.!.E . (see Co_ofado Little: Stake. Wilfor). According to verbal statements made to the writer by James E. 'Shelley, one of the earliest pd o ne ere , coming to Arizona in Wm. C. ,Allen's ccmpa ny , and one of the original settlers of Heber, church 'stock was taken from Pleasant Valley, at what is now Mormon Lake, The place reported 13 families living there 'to this place in 1882. 'August 25, 18£33. On that date, it was organized into a ward, with J. H. 'James bishop, ani A. L. Rogers and Charles Whit1r...g as his counselorsjand was Wilford Woodruff. given the name of Wilford, in honor Apostle of Ajalo'n. and t empcr-ary settlement about fifteen miles west of Heber, perhaps cl.t or near the present Weimar ranch on Chevelon A few families, among them the writer's father and mother, creek. in the sp r l ng of 1883., A small , Bagl ey. '" (((1:.,t'2 /.. Y /- 7' ;'I(JJr/"'-/r--' ./r.11 ,1//7 /:<.)Y +-k_ rJ:-L/:t "2.l/' in.4efiJd-. _., /) ?-\ $uY() ' . Location' ames E. Shelle'y sugge s t s that it might t have been on the SQutriver, side, not far from situated a mouth of on. Joseph Cordon was sustained presid ing .e Lde r f pla<?e Dec. 1, 1878; am I find no later reference to the place In confece reports. , present, :hs'Ck'S ' . . Brigham pj.ty. One of the f'o ur origi nal .ae t t Leme nt s made in 1876 in the Li t t re Colorado river valley, being settled by Jesse O. Ballinger's com Un unti 1 the change of names of c amp s JanuaJ:'y 28, 1878, it pany. was ca.Ll.e d Ballinger's camp. It was by far the largest of the settlements in the valley up until the summer of 1880. During the latter part of that yar, the settlers became badly discouraged be cause cr t roub'l,e in getting water and c r op f a i Lu re e ; am Bishop u p pe r Gila, George Lake .w i t h a portion of the settle.rs went to t r.e mo ve d to the valley in Pima .c ourrty , Arizona; am oth€: s: familie s East Arizona. .s t ake , leavi ng In le81, few familie s at the plz,ce. the ple;,ce was almost entirely abandoned---v:as turned over to the church early Ln the year; and the church sold it to Jerome J Ad ams Charles Whi ti!lg, Edwi n Whi ti ng am Sulli van C. Richardson October 22, 18bl for $800.00. During 1881, Jno We Young used it as his while doi ng contract work on the At La nt Lc & Pacific ,.hee.dquarters "; .railroad, the n be I ng constructed thDDugh no r't.he r n Arizona. v : I' II . • , . who had removed fr'om Obe d to :S.ri the organizati0n of,the ward frm served as bishop 1877, January 27, 1878 until his departure in 1880. Later J. J. Adams was presidi ng E: Ide r. ham Ecclesiast.ically, George Lake, City in the numbers of The first report shows a popu La.t i o n of 27?; a.ni .settlers held up pretty well until 1880----.report of Feb. 29, 18dO Shows 252 inhabitants. After this date, it dwindled rapidly--by Aug,. 15, 1881, the report showed 32 people residing t r e e j a nd the last report of the place to be found. datEd Feb. 15, 1882, shows . |
