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Show THE INTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC 16 transferred and there served one year. He was then appointed to St. Marys Cathedral where he remained a fewmonths and then went to W oodland, California. In 1869 a cry came to Bishop OConnell of Grass Valley from Pioche, Nevada, asking for a resident priest. Pioche was a mining camp among the hills of southwestern Nevada whose waters were tributary to the Virgin River. The camp was situated four hundred miles from the nearest railroad. y Bishop OConnell was unable to answer the call of Pioche and appealed to Archbishop for assistance. The Archbishop spoke to Father Scanlan about the spiritually destitute condition of Pioche and at once the young pri est volunteered for the mission. He then entered in earnest on his remarkable missionary career. Staging it from Palisade, Nevada, he arrived at Pioche on March 1 6th., The men of all creeds and no creeds wel- Ale-man- A-'- 'v "yjk a ?v y vv ; a 1 or " 4 ' f a.' 4Ov, v . , ' , X w .v ".v 57 ,i 2 4. W ?V ' X Mrv' a X OOv 0 5 ' v"-- ' ' to; ' 4K 7v 'o' A'.lfOO.v ;'y, S, V 0 ?' - t - ' o 71 Y ! 7 o? i '; ,, m y" jnT uV ' rjS 'f rf yy ' 8 ? W oyr Jf? , v s- 7 - , s 2'' 'v - , XrVjf y.;o vV0 4' 4 k i 1 ' ' vO K .4 y' 'fO''1 Ok vt x 7 ?vvA ' k h iA 5. V 0:A, K - o ' . y r ' r i J V ' ' y ; V X s & . 4, , - '- v- - 4 :;Y 5, - ' ., i : Rev . Lawrence Scanlan corned him and with their cooperation he soon built a frame church with two rooms added to the rear for his living and sleeping apartments. He also built a hospital where the sick and injured of the camp might be cared for. Early in 1873 Father Scanlan was summoned home by his Archbishop to take charge of the important parish of Petaluma, California. He remained there but a few months when he volunteered for the Utah mission and left for Salt Lake. When he assumed charge in Utah there was only one Church in the entire territory and that was encumbered with a heavy debt. His charge embraced the largest area o f any parish in the United States but his flock were few. There were only eight hundred Catholics in the entire parish and but ninety of; these were in Salt Lake and Ogden. With apostolic zeal the privations which s urrounded him gave zest and energy to his mis- - Ji ' 3 - |