| Show MORMONS MOR MONS VERE WERE FIRST IN lOW IOWA A TheN tire arc man of oC the tho exodus to Salt Ink valley from Crom Illinois that to those tholo lag Ing In It scented comell too commonplace t s bo be noteworthy A later generation to find time tho I exact truth or of the sufferings anti hardships that thal the tho trail must depend On time the memories or of lie tho few pioneers who still remain und mind on the hits bits or of tOi toll record by people who oh ob torved rathor than timan Itt In tue tho exodus Such a record has just como come to hand nt at tIme the orce office tram from an Iowa source In a book Sketches Map anti antl DIrector of Union count Iowa Towa written ninny years ago ogo thoro thoroIs Is 1 a chapter on the Mormon meat ment II at Garden crept crops swore raised to sustain the pIoneer trains on their westward mardi march unit nt at where Counci Council now hISTORY I IN D TAU The artcle nannies names the tho on arm which these stood tel tells ot of the graves that remaIned thor there when whon tIme the artcle article was wa prepared mimI ot of tho ho last remaining that served I as 1 a curio In nn an lou Iowa set el eltes tes tiers front yard In th time Mormon movement these settlements were swore styled novellas or of ZIon ull ummil wore ore meant ns iii temporary points ot of refuge lii In the tho How they appeared to the tho Iowa chronicler I is shown by isis Ills story printed below bolow In It Iro are Incidents showIng nn an incorrect of at we tern history as an for tor when it Il Iti IK that a band of Moe mon men preceded the pioneer party to the tho To tIme tho Mormon tho ho settlements hail 10 rio per par permanent manent mind were ero M a of time the Jour Journ n ney n a soon oon as their original object of oC fulfilled helpIng helping the tho along maul halt leen been The Tho artcle article which II is lent sent time tho thoN N News I by I Il T 1 Aller Aider or 10 Is by n a emote noto to the tho ef ct feet th that r the tho there thoro want to kno know moro more ot of the tho ormon bravery 11 In sul uni mind their cause ou 1 II in raising In m 18 lie their semil pur purposes purposes poses ne rus becoming beter better understood rl T t tJ J i i h N The article follows I It appears un an under ander der the thu tte tItle of The Tho ni as 1 a chapter or of lie tho Union county MORMONS FIST FIRST Among Amon our later sotor I St I Is not generally that front 1 a afew few tew hUlt ra nHI trappers who vl visited ht Is UnIon now county lii In pursuit of their calling the tho was twos mad ly by 1 a company compan or of Mar or 1018 al as oMI united tram roam 2000 to In time the car 18 ISIS time tho ii tween the tho citizens ot of hancock antI ld nil counte ane anti time tho who settled at Illinois cul culminated In an aggressive ro modo with time the object or of tiny i lug out In In time tho antI It soon became evident that rio no peace or personal safety coull could he for tor forI Iw I them Ion time the I so long 11 as II In Ils anti It Il was finally tu to Fook seek n a home In time tho wilderness 1 ut of tho Far Wet Vest a 11 ot of lurid beers been sent sonic on a tour ot of I exploration N IN Accordingly In of that sear rear time tho cru oll lImo thu MIs I anti and commenced their Jour 11 toward their do tue tho wll wilds ot of the tho Sierras theo theme were followed the tho succeeding by a still larger who siero oro not b by ther theIr to await time tho opening nr r sprIng hut wore out ot of their hotness homoR II iii tf to mice time tho pitiless storms of 1 a black and dreary rl f Crossing tho MIs 8 on time thu Ice they 1 a joanne which under hum thu must most tor torIlbio able circumstances wih stith tol trill ald and dl nl ng sr Ir but undertaken IS its Limit wn with but slight preparation anti without al equate Ir or lire must mount necessarily FIS trous trails Time ho cold Wn Intense wood tiltS ms scarce the howling whIts dri sling 11 rains arid nud emmetts must lie IJO day aCor after da therm that all anti leath death should tic bo their constant The rite barely mn mali time the gOIte gentle Swenson anti the tho prattling babe liabo nUke alike to time tho expo furo suro to which the times subjected The rise only coffIns obtaInable Inlo front th the ot of tre Ind anti or of the tho Ino line ot of travel of the tho Wih pro roads roda n next Jt to rind dl aHo anti death terrIble inroads upon their numbers I it WIS was finally to press to seine the they could C T 11 recuperate 1 I 1 rt cd u t n II timid ral raise e n it crop which would supply food not anI to thorn them but oleo also to th ot of their who were to IOWA S In conformity wih with this tile Iho crossed tIme tho Charlton Chariton river semite Homo io o mies east ot of where tim tho el cIty ot of Charlton no nest traveled Lucas Into Decatur ni count whore at Oro they ler left 1 a ahart hart of at their nUmb r to Cly JI time tho program d UlOn tIme the larger per por porton ton tion contInuing their until hoy arrived lii In this county Juno 17 1841 I ground wn twos time eta Jat nl vast tast ot of Grand 1111 river lit In Juries on the thu spot I J 1 WhItes now standI rite view I roam title this point sins time tho season nature had imad un en hr her most Inmost beautiful and stemmed to smile a o ome to Ito tho ra Looking tar far out omit tOW Id the sunset across the tho ot of the ho Grand river with Ith Is its fringe ot trees along Is its banks to time the undulatIng praIries boo be beyond yond ond tiki wih or of every ver hue huc I It Is not hot strange that they broke foth forth Into ot of Joy arid gratitude that the tho sea sen anti the te desert past their tar Ito tho almost Ira In stew They gave their time tha of if Mt anti located there thero In uc accordance wih their previous decision making Immediate merits ments to Clear Inn lanti amid plane such IS as would mature early farly amid ami suit SUI ply fly their necessities About In eluding those who ivero sick and fee tue bit We formed time the colony nt at time tho remainder or of time tho caravans Journeying westward locating at various between hw hero and theIr last stopping place In Iowa which they now not Counci Duls INTENSE The Tho colon WIS was composed largely ot of illiterate persons but mere thero were alo also man many who clad In Inthe In Inthe the garb or of poverty chaired by grace Amsil they had seen beler better days daI As I ti rule they ivere cre disposed to tob bl b were ivere kind to oth other other er Ind anti sought to Il time hard ships Ind anti sufferings ot of such of their number use were itero In n a condItion than oter others b by al cli the mean means In their power the lummer ot of 1856 1816 when It ItI was I i It not settled whether they move In time the tal fail or Oi not act no cabins were swore bil bu 1 b bitt t the tho emigrants lived In their M I beat they todd mind time the hardships they had un having left lett the tho fruitful seeds ot of disease thorn them the tho present laele ot of proper sheler provisions Ind and I food tood resulted In Oer over or of their number beinG being burled luring durIng time tho first six months of their sin stO at CITY OF Word ord was twos given shen to prepare preparo win winter winten ten ter quarters which Ill was with i alacrity antI ot of lIttle cabins sprang up within a a circuit ot of two or three miles the tho being Indu hindu on sections 30 ansI nd 31 Nel Now hope Ind amid 5 8 6 7 S 8 16 1 17 18 1 19 alII amid 30 ira In Jones township allo also In him sections 12 and 1 13 In Union They hy here continued to reside until time the year ear 1132 when the last ot of their Itt fo or Utah DurIng their sta stay so Car lS fl known they wore swore Peaceful and quiet whatever they had beng Ie by reference to the church subject to time the approval ot of their bishop whose wa stas Inal final Its n the early Ia part rt of oC their sojourn title cuber name was Huntington deported this IN life being by one Coleman was Wa not practised b by thom them while here bere alII ot of which only a a tew fw wore swore to be In their were hell ins In as much disgrace ni mis the tho would be beIn beIn In any today They buit built two churches amid heM held regular services loro being no ml mills they lut first buit buIlt smal samall horse mills for tor cracking corn but soon 1 it log Water mil mull on art the Grand Orand rIver toe burr liMing mate from luch such ns as are occasIonally found In the county ald kno ans n its These stones Were stare rudely ruddy dressed but answered a good purpose In food for tor n a larlo large number ot of people amid can now bo be seems ten It itt time te house ot of Mrs 11 Stephen hite on section S 8 Jones township riley Thoy are about bout two ire and It Ithal hal bait feet irs In diameter 1111 two feet thick UHA ORVIS YI S IE IX The rise cemetery ot of title settlement Is sItuated on tIme the northwest quarter ot of Hecton Section 8 and numerous may yet ct he be seen wi the A ol tary headstone aln which beel beem displaced is II nw now to bo be Ifen seers In Inthe inthe the dooryard of oC A C White where It hUl has been as a n a curIosIty I It Is cut cut front riser rhe nick and has 1 a Masonic square nul anti com passes upon I It wih with use leters letters 0 E EIn EIm In Im the spring ot of 1512 the tho remnant ot of the tho Mormons lef loft and amid Mt I wal was by gentilis their cabins stool for tor many years yenn but one by ono one were torn down by the and put to toI I various uses anti and nol now remains to mark the spot where once tho they stood Much a as we tse ma condemn time the Mar mona mons In some ot of their acts I It II iii hn Possible nt not to admire the firmness anI amid 1 I constancy wih which the held their faIth choosIng t to suffer hunger thIrst dIsease death itself rather than their though mis mistaken taken opinions to any outsIde influence wim a tea e r |
