. Mormon settlement in Arizona : a record of peaceful conquest of the desert . SNOWFLAKE ACADEMYDestroyed by Fire Thanksgiving Day, 1910. PRESENT SNOWFLAKE ACADEMYDedicated Thanksgiving Day, 1913—Cost $35,000 Chapter Eighteen Dan W. Jones Great Exploring Trip The 4ionor of leading Mormon pioneering in south-central Arizona lies with Daniel W. Jones, a sturdy charac-ter, strong in the faith. He had been in the Mexican war,in 1847, as a Missouri volunteer, and had remained in Mex-ico till 1850. In the latter year he started for California,from Santa Fe, and, in the Provo country of Utah, em-brac
. Mormon settlement in Arizona : a record of peaceful conquest of the desert . SNOWFLAKE ACADEMYDestroyed by Fire Thanksgiving Day, 1910. PRESENT SNOWFLAKE ACADEMYDedicated Thanksgiving Day, 1913—Cost $35,000 Chapter Eighteen Dan W. Jones Great Exploring Trip The 4ionor of leading Mormon pioneering in south-central Arizona lies with Daniel W. Jones, a sturdy charac-ter, strong in the faith. He had been in the Mexican war,in 1847, as a Missouri volunteer, and had remained in Mex-ico till 1850. In the latter year he started for California,from Santa Fe, and, in the Provo country of Utah, em-braced Mormonism within a settlement that had treatedhim kindly after he had accidentally wounded that time he dedicated himself to life work amongthe Indians, the Lamanites of the Book of Mormon. Heappeared to be successful thereafter in gaining the confi-dence of the red men and in carrying out the policy soliterally expressed by Brigham Young, It is cheaper tofeed the Indians than to fight them. Speaking Spanish, hehelped in translation by Meliton G. Trejo, of a part of theBook of Mormon. The printing done, a mission
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