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Show - bl - I November 30 , 1877 , was a very busy day in t he camp . The lumber and other building material having been a ssembl ed , the menfolk went ~~ PI_ fl.. to work wi th a vim .~ an excellent spirit preva i~ n • Before n i ght - fall, the skeleton o±· the buildi ng was up.~ohn Morgan was ple ased with ~he a ccomplishmen~s and con g r a~ula~ed t he men . The next day , De cember 1, work was continued on the structure all day.~te in ~ t he af t er noon the entire company moved ±'rom t he Thespain The a tre into their new home on the i s l and in the Ar kansas River and , before da rk , were well settleQ ±"or the night. ~ ~hus , in just one week after their a rrival in puebl o, John Morgan and his f irst Colorado Company of s a ints were success ful in loc a ting temporary ~ua rters; then in f inding loca tion for pe rmanent re s idence during the winter and in build ing and moving into th ose permanent ~u a rters , all in a t ine sp irit of co ope r ation in the United Order organ i zation to which they had committed themselves. Seldom , perhaps , never in wes~e rn history has t here been a f iner example of cooperative effort in the settlemen t of a new coun t r y than is f ound in t he c ase oi· these Southern people in t heir adven t into and the l ater pioneeri ng OI the Cone j os River 0ountry in the grea t San Luis Valley. Sunday, December 1 , 18 77 , was a very beauti ful day and the temp-era ture moderate and pleasant. ~ fter ad justing themselves in t heir . new ~ua r ~ ers , and making prepar ation t or their meals , etc . they assembled i n the e a rly a~ t e rnoon in t heir ! irst religious service in Colora do . curiosity had brought quite a number ot strangers ±·rom the ' i ty to visit the new camp ; many oi· whom r emained to lis ten to the ¢hurch ser.vices . Elder Morgan p re ached a sermon on the ne cessity of union , order , and cleanliness in the camp ; emphasizing the truth |
