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50 s o u l s " ( B a n c r o f t , 1889, 2 4 9 ). The o f f i c i a l C hurch h i s t o r i a n l i k e w i s e makes no r e f e r e n c e t o s u n - d r i e d b r i c k ( J e n s o n , 1899, 65). A n o th e r te m p o ra ry m ig r a n t s e t t l e m e n t e s t a b l i s h e d on t h e P l a i n s was b u i l t w i t h i n one m ile o f a n e x i s t i n g adobe s t r u c t u r e , F o r t P u e b lo i n what i s now C o lo ra d o . Non-Mormons v i s i t i n g a t th e F o r t i n 1846 were im p r e s s e d b y t h e s k i l l w i t h w hich t h e Mormons n e a r b y c o n s t r u c t e d t h e i r lo g s h e l t e r s , s t a t i n g t h a t th e y were e x p e r i e n c e d woodsmen from t h e w e s te r n s t a t e s ( s p e c if ic a lly , M ississip p i) (H afen and Young, 13 3 ). Not even t h e r e i n t h e shadow o f an e x i s t i n g adobe s t r u c t u r e d i d t h e Mcrmcnc th e m s e lv e s u se s u n - d r i e d b r i c k . L ess th a n one y e a r a f t e r t h e fo u n d in g o f s e t t l e m e n t s on t h e G r e a t P l a i n s where adobe had n o t b e e n u s e d , th e Mormons r e a c h e d t h e S a l t Lake V a lle y and s h o r t l y a f t e r w a r d w ere m o ld in g th o u s a n d s o f adobe b r i c k s f o r u s e i n h o u s e s , f e n c e s , and th e w a l l s o f t h e i r f o r t . And a p p e a r i n g f o r t h e f i r s t tim e i n Mormon d i a r i e s a r e t h e words " a d o b e , " " S p a n is h b r i c k , " and " b r i c k s b u i l t i n S p a n is h f a s h i o n " ( I s a a c C. H a ig h t i n J e n s o n , 1934, O c t. 8 ) . Why t h e change? B e f o re t h i s adobe work b egan i n S a l t L ake, how ever, two g ro u p s o f i n f l u e n t i a l Mormons who had s p e n t t h e p r e v io u s m onths i n v a r i o u s M exican c o m m u nities a r r i v e d i n t h e S a l t Lake V a lle y . One grou p was t h e s o l d i e r s o f t h e " s i c k d e t a c h ­ m ent" o f the Mormon B a t t a l i o n who had a r r i v e d from S a n ta Fe Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.