. Mormon settlement in Arizona : a record of peaceful conquest of the desert . aryeffort. Missionaries were in the Navajo and Zuni countryin very early days and at the time of the great Mormonimmigration of 1876 already there had been Indian con-versions. In that year, by direct assignment from PresidentBrigham Young, then at Kanab, Lorenzo Hatch, laterjoined by John Maughn, settled in the Zuni country, atFish Springs and San Lorenzo. Thereafter, on arrival ofother missionaries, were locations at Savoia and should be explained that these names, pronounced asthey stand, are rough-h
. Mormon settlement in Arizona : a record of peaceful conquest of the desert . aryeffort. Missionaries were in the Navajo and Zuni countryin very early days and at the time of the great Mormonimmigration of 1876 already there had been Indian con-versions. In that year, by direct assignment from PresidentBrigham Young, then at Kanab, Lorenzo Hatch, laterjoined by John Maughn, settled in the Zuni country, atFish Springs and San Lorenzo. Thereafter, on arrival ofother missionaries, were locations at Savoia and should be explained that these names, pronounced asthey stand, are rough-hewn renditions of the Spanish wordscebolla, onion, and cebolleta, little onion. NathanC. Tenney and sons were among the colonists of 1878. In 1880 were Indian troubles that caused abandonmentof the locations, but a new start was made in 1882, when anumber of families came from the deserted Brigham Cityand Sunset. A new village was started, about 25 mileseast of the Arizona line, at first known as Navajo, but lateras Ramah. The pubUc square was on the ruins of an ancient 188. FOUNDERS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA TOWNvS I—Henry W. Miller 2—Wm. C. Allen 3—George Lake 4—Wm. .1. Flake 5—Charles Shuniway 6—Geo. H. Crosby, Sr. 7—J. V. Bushman
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