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Show 65 ALLEN'S CAMP---St.JOSEPH The location of this place has already been given (see p.60). Although Sunset and Obed seem to have received their names al immediately after colonization, all of the 4 original colonies most "Cmps" before the organization of the Stake, January 27, 1878 on the 2nd day of that organization Conference, the 28th, the following action was taken:-liThe Camp was changed to Smset; Ballinger's eo'ff Lt Smith's Allen's to Brlgham Cty; Camp CAmp to Joseph City *; and the often referred to were as Little Colorado place where Brother Flake and after the Apostle John party Taylor **". were settling called Taylor 'Joseph City' is given as above in the minutes of the meeting of the afternoon of January 28th, 1878; but it Clerk Nielson calls the place seems that name was not used. Conference referred to, and the until 'Allen' or Allen's Camp Conference calls it the St. Joseph. later than The * name The Flake place, "Old Taylor" was not founded until 1877. I think the name "Union", given in some of its earliest reports, refers to this place. It was abandoned in 1878. ** sown on the 3rd of April" (1876). until March 28th; and was finished June 6th •. The Dam was begun but not wheat irrigated? Was this sown, At this Camp "There was about 50 acres of wheat sown, and about 60 acres of corn planted, and some gardens and potatoes. "The fall rains began about the 15th of July; and on the 19th of July, it washed our Dam out" ,* At Allen, some "wheat was not Perhaps This washout may not have been complete. The washed not but away. the structure was injured, matter the up later, perhaps in 1881, Stake Clerk, in writing in July, 1876. loss or does not mention this damage a very He writes later "September 17, 1876. On this date and Allen of Dam the Obd; high flood came and swept away location s", and (For Ballinger' and much damaged Sunset's * ,.' page see >; . I 59). connection-withhe dams of Sunset and Brigham City, we se or the That Affct spoke of '!NBtural. Conditions at tn rrq.ght nu.ght be ea,r ocahons! Difficult W, ;i.:b fD.f the 1rst Dam n 1876---and At the site of Allen's and 123-- used in 1881, 1884, and 1891, was the __ maintainea. same site again are cl9se to the Little Clora4 the hills north and south of ancent tes Since 'd ge 0 f ro'k rl low a the stream of gether, and connected by found its way down the Valley,.... wh en th e Ri ve r f1'rst t s c h anne 1 r stone r1dge in this course c h ose th e lowest place was worn so Wl.dth an feet some 200 If .:.. t.h i s canyon 3 Durng th" ages,' use ts bottom could nor ourselves that neither the Pioneers . • . . . deep as a base on Dams. which to construct irrigation |
