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Show John Tanner and His Family 184 16Bailey, Sam Brannan and the California Mormons, 17'Original at HDC. Copy with the author. 18Myron Tanner, Biography. pp. 153-54. 191bid. 2°Genesis, 11: 1-9. 21Brigham Young was not against the building of cities, but he wanted them located in the Rocky Mountain Valleys. 23Bailey, Sam Brannan and the California Mormons, p. 154. 24This was in contrast with the slow rate of economic growth in Utah. 25Paul Bailey in Sam Brannan and the California Mormons, quotes an inter esting story from the Los Angeles Star of September 7, 1852, concerning a harvest feast held after the first harvest, pp. 149-50. 26Deseret News, March 8, 1853. 27The pointed advice refers to the article by the First Presidency of February 19, 1853. 28The president is referring to some apostates and others who were opposing the church organization. By this date Lyman and Rich had been recalled. 29"Journal History," June 7, 1857. 3,oThe approaching United States Army and the gathering into a smaller peri meter of a number of Mormon outposts have caused many to generalize that this also the eralization is was case with the San Bernardino settlement. The author thinks this gen good logic in the case of San Bernardino. For a viewpoint similar to that of the author, see Beattie and Beattie, Heritage of the Valley, p. 298. For an opposite view see Wood, "The Mormon Settlement-San Bernardino." 31Apostle Charles C. Rich made the official announcement of their recall at a conference in San Bernardino, April 6, 1857. This was nearly four months before knowledge of the army reached Utah, July 24. The apostles had known they were to be recalled perhaps as much as a year before. See Jenson, "Manuscript History of San Bernardino," (HDC). In spite of some opposition, most of the faithful accepted the final edict and returned. Just how heavy of heart can only be conjectured. But it has been esti mated that perhaps one-third of the church members refused to heed the call. A not number of John's descendents were numbered with this latter group. The loss in material goods was astronomical, to say nothing of hopes and dreams, for the faith ful who returned. Francis Marion Lyman, oldest living son of Amasa M. Lyman, bitterly re too good for Latter-day marked: "San Bernardino was the loveliest spot on earth Saints." 32See Appendix. 33See chapter on Seth Tanner. 34See chapter on Myron Tanner. 35Juanita Brooks, ed., On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout, 1844-1861 (Salt Lake City, 1964), p. 494. 36 Andrew Jenson, "Journal History of San Bernardino Mission" (HDC), men tions Sidney many times. - 37Hoffman Birney, Zealots of Zion (Philadelphia, 1913), p. 181. (Original at BYU Special Collec 38William Decator Kartchner, Journal, p. 22 tions. Typed copy with author). 39Joseph Smith Tanner, "Reminiscences." 4'oJoseph Smith Tanner, Journal (Original with author). Gives day by day re port of the trip. See appendix. This may be the only day-to-day report of the trip with Colonel Kane. |
