Show I Remains mains of Mormon Colony Once Established in ill Texas I Missouri in jn 1840 and Founded Mills Mill and p From m J eyed W ere Noted N for Industry and Thrift Other n Finally i Scattered Jut But ut the Ruins of Their Works Are An Still to be Seen LouId atol a 81 t date line no T Tur I VL th Ib Texas I r ct f the of ut a 1 t Mor Mar More tIp i e t In tr 11 in lc on n number of r old oW grist JM Ins f s a T r built buill b Mormons moro more r 1 I rc are arC c till stIll to 10 be bo een In itt IIII Ej j rt Fl la 1640 that thata I 11 It wan wall VU in TWI t I f made the I h 0 Ion I long ong f th c people robe near nears a M 1 uil rI nd rr n II 1 I ir 1 i s while the tho l 1 lr I r M 14 e ert i itt r te ir dl nl Into the tho thoi tt Hist i it K l ln tho Iho I f Ti n I t 1 the Idea IteR that n old ide nAr r and danger danBer 11 n the tho i of mun rj J to tJ nY 1 f the around t I I I i I ct Vf In n armed raid AM l lof In but Jul III er of o th Mormon I tte arf aId aliI M to In been f nd Tho They alI U II prattled with h arms artita und lun m i p Itt tre ind I In thIr Ion bug overland i rr niton they Ih hud had of Texas TexaN 1 1 MI Fart tI Ihl rip Hp Iq t o ct encounter with hat had though without the tho thel but bul me member or of tn theIr lr bravo brave 11 l 01 Webbers lining upon P Wad band Ar After re rc months montha they ne Ide alyle M bordering tho the thoO thet beautiful ept P It lt 1 a WI west t nb eh t 1 three n londo t river t O of ther the tho Ih erected a n VII and an nd tran legan to 10 make Itie bt Many line of n f for tor r among the tho I col WJ td A r of ot black A Ari kind kinde of vt practical followers ri UI other r were members member of the tho thoi of o oc i colony coiny Th The Jail In lIn was waa ir td by bt b then Mormons While hll It Itu Itu riot not ver or u Iu u a ft I till uti CI as i compared ce with pres I nt Ur buildings of or t that Ihal sort orl It II nn an the purree for fir which wh leh It ws Willi vit built buill sad and the w hll of or Ite ron con unction M It I Mid ald to In have been I I elm t Th e M I built buill the nn Or t gnat In to thu part 11 rl of 01 Teras U It watt 10 lo near their and aa run runty ty tf f r P wr wet er t tain l 1 from thi tho I 1 rh river r Tho Th early arl cro ro to git gi their Ih lr supply of T tho th he i earn orn in HI steel mills multi run runy rim J y hand bind until 1111 more mo mill millI I ni UI Ila ld In by tho the Mar Mor MorI I r n It was WIS an at n it W tt attracted over a wide lift lt arts of und and wac liberally It t ii ti l lint Hut the tho 5 f the th Ih I rado river wmma Willi not nol Hown llOn to 10 the fie r mind and one 1 1 S f far ear r M Cr t I ter Ier the of ot th the thealL alL cin a ft big bir nood In to that stream It ft tail 1 The Morn ms n ci tho Iho thoI I and th the mill again it ft t on higher ground A Atei second 5 flood tei cam down end nn l nept It away awny Thi Th wore were we I but bitt hilt j Ulf ei e to 10 try Iry once more so tin tinI I WaR van dugout clog out of or the en nil t ar art J led a third time It stood only I a I i ort aTt n time lime who when R II big bl rl rice o In tho the de tr nt ed d It to FW E Jo calamities broke roke the J if 01 t the Iho XI and they th do tUti did to 10 a n new for fur their j 1 Moil of cf them moved over on nn in inthe the river riven about four miles mil 5 fron tani burl whom they the Ihl built S a I ml ioU The Tho outlook very vry nr j for tor them for tor a II tIme limo They Thoy Tho ob I tilted n II rood t from time the cov gov IO I ti 11 t rind grind orn and hami bought I a luppy of Ihl th grain traIn preparatory J In it turning I j i tnt Int motil nen Then clime eattie J flood nood an the mill was mr Iho of the tho Mormon TM III La In the tho creek bottom Ald Alde I e many of the tIeS and nd wrought general ruin Tills I i t r dId aid not nol overpower the Iho In t will of the bravo brave pioneers j I It t Ii related that they Ihor gathered their Ih lr fOlte mini and again lIln took look up tim tho I trill i kin r a 11 new location They loud an n Idea spot pol on Hamiltons I eIght miles mile from kers be the KM act H up tip IP another mill The Th E u nulty if nr f the tho men of the tho colony may nitty mn I I be M Known when hen It II is IR stated that hav hay lor oat d atone stono burrs burnt In I le th Ian ail d the Ih set Pet cl about making milking f b from fron b ks kI of at t marblo marble which they Ihy I d not nol far tar from the tho mill These Theae burrs urr answered tho th Ih pur purI I J fee JS very ury well hul hut acme of f the Iho col cot pf pr tM m n for time Iho I kit Iel burr that wre re ro somewhere j l It In th the tle und fit of the Ih t l The Th tar tor I ti that tho the option location n of cf tI burro t s revealed to 10 rbt te Ile of ot the Iho colo colony irta Ina Ib that I I hIm on ono one nl night i mt ht b be I p l to his hili followers al th Ih rI where the 1110 he ston wr f taut J had W hN brea n r to 10 him he heo heH o H started for tho the pot as aa a one Olle In a it trance and ard whorl when ho arrived In the th hi middle of It a ab b und Rand bur bar he lie Indicated with hili foot that If was tout made there tho the burro borne would be b found DI ng wu wins commenced nt It the Ih spot Indicated mind minda u a fell fow feet under the tho the tho burr butte wore were found round and recovered mill on Oil Hamilton was wall potently lIfe from Mood flood and anil the Mor Mormons mon Inane did dill a n profitable H of Ing lag the thu corn com for Ihl for ro or many tahoe mlle around The fh colonists Iele clan clannish audi nish but hUI they tho weme wele good cItizens being Industrious nUll and acute 1 lIv In the Iho develop development ment m lIt of the Ih new neti country It Is Ia stated wore op ull orated ora upon it tho he I Vt plan 1 llIn arid antt hut were wet from Cream them were shared equally be 1 the different families r rIh tho Ih colony A few of thorn them scattered lo to other III In the Iho Austin turn Irrl tory lor and i Mabll lied mills which they operated for a II tithe time The Mormons on Oil Hamiltons crook creek added a II saw mill and andI turning I U ml mm g in t to 10 their heir t g roiL mill m m and a mm 1 lumber enough to III supply their own needs and und those Iho of the s pet t I llers lIer In Iii a n tildo scope of or country Tho Thu among turned their hands hand at nl chairs chair tables timid various other kinds I of nf household furniture articles vero In iii Rood among tIme the III achy settlers Thin The h h was WAil used umed for making chairs edar was waft also used timed for or kinds kinde of if furni furniture furniture ture lure Large r r e truce trees Ir grew In III time the bottom lands lalle along th the creek were otene Ire bl for lumber I urn lUIO R Homo Home nf sit the Mormons thrifty farmers but hUI thic Iho lark Ink of nf a it market for their products enticed caused 1 them to tu derive very ry little profit from that thai Industry Their wives tives and daughters were wert not hot lithe lilia Many Maim 1111 of nf If them devoted their spare Claire time tinie timeto to tn t manufacturing willow baskets anti to 10 weaving rugs arid and carpet carpets at ut hand hund handmade made mad looms I 1111 mil Tho 1111 spirit of cC the Iho leaders nf of thus this Mormon colony was hown how over ever when after afler a it tow rOW years spent hear their mill null on Hamiltons creek thoy Iho decided d to 10 seek ck another location They Thoy The sold the mill und and prepared to 10 move away Iyman Lyman Wight picked a II pretty location for or the tho colony colon on the tho Medina river but bul a number of his himi followers refused to cling to 10 him any longer This Thu Is Ia I to 11 have hilI caused a IL I breaking up of the Iho original colony colon Wight and a II number of other families went wen I to 10 time the Medina river site cite lie where they established a n village III e final Onal finally ly Iy I scattering widely families went tp Ip California ro hi others othera went tent to 10 Itah and n a few rew remained In this thu pari pait of Toxins Texas 8 where their descendants are areno no tin longer known by h thin tho that wore were the tho main Inspiration tion of time the original colonists OLD oit TECHI R RIt It Is 18 said raid that the first rural schools established In title this part of Texas were ere originated and patronized by these Mormons Their children wore given the tho best beat possible advantages of or time the educational facilities of or that early earl day They taught In private la families In tho Iho near Austin mind and on omm tho thu At A I tho timo colony on oil Hamil Hamiltons 11 II tons reek Creek an Itinerant pedagogue by bythe the 1111 name of ot Hopkins was em employed m lo to IllIch the tho term lerm after tim tho wn tt rs ami started there TItle This man mail Hopkins U is said sold to 10 been brn u n able utile character Ho lie traveled from frum one on end en of tho thin country to the Ih other teach log a term lerm cram hero here and another there thore but bul never two terms In iii tho the same school chool Ho Ito 11 was via highly educated oath ami was w noted among the tho early settlers not only of or Texas but hul of the whole western part pant of the Iho United for hits his splendid qualities as all a teacher Hn Ito long journeys Journe alone on foot fool through the IhA larco settled n it nw few w months at III a n tine time nt at some canoe com corn community where the tho services of n a teach teacher er tr teem wro wanted WR 11 It It 11 Is III i paid ald that Hop 1101 Hopkins kIWI kins taught school In almost every town own and community In that thai tenth Irrl tory ory between thin the river and the Iho Rocky mountains anti and extending Unto from Mexico to Canada during the tho period l 1835 and 1555 He lIe car can carried CArried ried tied a few fe books with him Ho said that ho hn kept mo t of Jils hia hi knowledge In his heal head unit and tin that It wan wn not necessary sary tr for him to 10 depend upon hook books for the lessons that ho un desired delred to teach tenCh Ils himi hi pupils He tiC did not nol time the Ih rod roil but bul he hit h had tho the knack of or learning a It ItI pupil I more III in a n six Ix months term terni of ot school titan than thin the ordinary pedagogue In those days could math Into the thu mind of hl his most mol adept student In 20 of that length HO WI the settlers who have hate unit had hn these stories of or Hopkins wonderful ability ns nil a it teach tench teacher er Or told lold them thom by b their forefathers de 10 declare mb dare clare clareThe The early Mormon colonists left their Impress upon tim the country around Aus Austin tin pioneered l the Iho way WIY for the tho do tIn 1 nod of the thO rich valleys The ruins rhine of omo comae 11 1110 of or their old ohl mills still stIlt an aim mute evidence ol of their Industry |