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Show sUC;h How many New Englanders were there---hardly dishonest in their convictions that the Mormons were the worst people on earth? And what would have been their reception of the Mormons in the Lit Vallpy had they have been tle Colorado Allen's there first? "Old Fort" built of a' n'J. mUO.L Th e The Old Fort at Allen was' logs (perhaps stock ad e ) roc(..s the at thetime of following desxiption taken from a rough sketch made celebration in 1935, may be of interest to some, since so Founders' I many of Day and us to ving either Joseph City. mo The fort our was east and west. quarters, the one was forebears lived there for outlying rFancht,., form of in the separated by at the northwest including both a At the southwest a east room was were the eleven rooms, exclusive of in On the north end the west side. ten side On the east ten rooms. sides of the hall and the The Big Table cellar, were' "Village were theftortwas not solidly enclosed; The south the Yards and corrals. functions---religious, school, south Other rooms than the ones at the with the exception of the dining for tertaient, business, et. ends of the Joseph (the present About the center of the enclosure was the A short distance eastward "United Order". was the Smithy", ani the adjoin the fort used St. on The south end of corner new gateway from three gateways. rooms, with pro tably storehouse, Company the fort, of end south the of ing carpenter shop. and here, just outside to the number of years before z;:-t rectangle---longer north and south than mailman's corner, a single room, the corner, rooms, corner or a . public en fort, perhaps were for residences. , receive from Church authorities--In accordances with instructions River in Utah, and settlements along the Virgin as had been the case in were made to ha ve southeastern Nevada, efforts in the "Muddy Mission" in eat together in a common dining-hall. the inhabitants of each community closer feelings of of engendering This was probably for the purpose mention in is the community---and there brotherhood among the memhers of and apparently living having all things in common, of people scripture diffieult to determine. ate together seems peacefully; but whether they information rela tables, unless my I remember the long dining-room were incorrect. Perhaps sawn in two, they tive to their origin be lined up along and we youngsters were my earliest sChooi desks; them. benches accompanying their sides on the rustic H. Conference held May 24-26, 1878, Joseph Stake At the ::tuarterly the St. Joseph Branch" at "Presiding Elder of Richards--sustained the Conference spoke somewhat matter self-depreciatingly of the He had felt someTable. together at the Big of all the members because of having form of community eating what backward about this never said that L had but about it; heard so many discouraging reports had called the Conference, he Shortly before the it was wrong. putilic opin of getting for the purpose Saints of st. Joseph together a one-third vote but succeeded in obtaining ion in the matter· and had from the of the brethren away he was sure some in its favor, would vote for it. same ating although settlement The Allen community eating bmpany did not practice after the first Summer. |
