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Show SpringeM'1l1e" This' . area. was" Redond() (R0W:d knOWR- to: the early' Spanish. population' The name'$pringervil1a' Ls tor. Valley)·•. as' Valle an Albuquer que merchant,. Harry Spnnge-r 'who.' had early. .interest.• here.' As at St. Johns, Me.rlc-ans:were· here long before the,,: American whiteman of the· Unit;e4:, Sta·tes The.;}4ormon'). comhlg in,·18·7,9,.-,: sottled to the west and. south: :of' the old Spani.s)r.spe&king_. tovn" whi,ch it, .is .said •. .. -. . . the···Uttle. Colorado.·River f'rom .i..ts.· present site..... first whiteman'·.in· the vicinity was Wm. R. Milligan, a Tennesseoan" the. who came !) 1871, settling old Fort Milligan, about a mile west was across .. _here0 r 81. te of the . .. Eagas-:. t.he '-pnatmt From··the St. Joseph ololl7,. " . tar doWt) tb • L·1. • '" ttl' e "'-1 uu ora d 0 and came James the first Mormons---Jens Skousen:, Peter 3./ Christofferson, is Flake hers in arrl Wm. J/ L. Robertson---who· Februaey, 1879. which of with,.,his, herd of said to have ccae- shortlr, afterwan}, cows, . for· a planted:. plac.es'in this :;-ln March did remain;. .net, far' nonbeaS'bem,·part·: ot. Arizona7: Flake.' south of miles'" of John:T.-Eagar ·took,·.up,·residence some·4· he' - i grain £ielcL•. As," in other tradeEl·:'O · " that't_year,' ... .. .. Springervill&!o---ote-rs·. follonng,.·2 1882, ·Ward8··were.est&blished in with, SUggS'8ted 'names of bity> and Omerit:· : Pe·rilaps-.::the:'namas 'were rather two,·CQmmUnities combined for.eign in time 'and location---at any .rate the under tee name Eager, that of the earl1 settling Eager Brothers. . . , ?, .. lut-rio'SO' The - Spanish' IlalM','of' this: can1Ott-tovn., 16 . .. miles:. up tbo: ,lett-hand fork or.- .the U t tle. Colorado. trom- ·.Springerville" wasr evid.ently suggested in· great: 'nwnbe:rs-:'-although by the otter. and. the b.car, in th& vicinity n beavers' (Perhaps the small animals' theT' ealled -"nutria were really. The ,mor&·' t Castoroso:' would· ha .. be.n· :&8 :euphonious: and accurate) H. James ,G. be.eft·" Colter, tirst "Am'3rican'" settler' here:·is· said· to ha .,. who'"'·c&fae':here "in l875---perhaps,. ·.the· dense good . - .. • . . . . a WiscoDai.·lumaerrBft,:· be had never seen lumber-:timberr. here-1D1lde·:·him·teel at .home:, ·altbougb In his family was Fred Colsuch canTons and DlOuntains in Wisconsin. Arizona politics. ter, later somewhat prominent In: .. " . "and with Wm. J .... Flak$- .sholfed"··UP: heee- as at· the SpringerYille area; .ttAmericaft. to. distinguish: them. from some: 300: "cowstt"':--perhaps' called Colt.Gr. raneh •.. The the' "longhorns" of Mexico and Texa.s--purchasecLthe rough •...Although·, the Colters' I ·think moved ··to tb-{ Springerville. vicinity there was "furnished 'graZing, geed Nutrio.so heav.ilT·, f-orested'- country at·· Flake:',parc.elled<out his land a.mong little of' i,t· suita.ble,· tor farming. .first year here, they raised their, and;'in, the'" f'irst, ' •. . MormoBai'!¥ers:; 1,700 bushe:ls of.8dlJ, most of down the River, but was repaid tbis In count 17 , (One of my.own lumbermfm) of course which l.lWderstand ous , although they"'never colonies built in 1880.. the wife ot.?ne of these Apaches appeared, somewe&t danger Nutrl.oso, but .. .sett.lers.at· made .an attack on.the .. !nn··.lef?r'_·(,+, Ib;,tory said; ,J,., ;earl,. h1te set.Lers tne··sr., .:'Hbtcrlaf1·1·'Ha:t'e'lIep1:ttN lie".' Engf; or ranches small. villages in·. it is, of the, lumbering became the most important industry. • lias sent to a'little later. cousins.lived here. for many years, A protective' tort. was 'often-placed ,.;..pC:OA-·-!rrutd.rcqt. !I .. .. themselves in by' locat.ing could be -tar out 1ft· the wl1dernesl" where they were Indian enemies---tbe .rmonB, it appears, enemies than of red). 80 easily destroyed b7 more afraid ot "white" |
