Southern California; . <^F^d. was built to the top of themountains, where a sawmillwas erected and the workof cutting lumber for theirhomes commenced. Irrigat-ing ditches were dug, fruittrees were planted, and largetracts were sown with country became pros-perous, and strangers weregradually being attracted to the valley and settlingthere. The Mormons did not assimilate with theirGentile neighbors, and friction between the two ele-ments had become so great by 1857 that serious difficultywas apprehended, when an unexpected event largely putan end to the trouble. President Buchanan,
Southern California; . <^F^d. was built to the top of themountains, where a sawmillwas erected and the workof cutting lumber for theirhomes commenced. Irrigat-ing ditches were dug, fruittrees were planted, and largetracts were sown with country became pros-perous, and strangers weregradually being attracted to the valley and settlingthere. The Mormons did not assimilate with theirGentile neighbors, and friction between the two ele-ments had become so great by 1857 that serious difficultywas apprehended, when an unexpected event largely putan end to the trouble. President Buchanan, desiring to take the control ofaffairs in Utah out of the hands of Brigham Young,appointed a governor for the territory, whereupon thegreat Mormon leader prepared to resort to arms in sup-port of what he conceived to be his right. He calledupon all the faithful to assemble in defense of theircause, and a large majority of the Mormons in the SanBernardino Valley, who w^ere just beginning to realizetheir hopes of a happy home in
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