Show 1 & kses --h2- by the church authorities in the United States They had the gentile town of Biobee Arizona for the to depend on marketing of their surplus goods The story of tho movement into Chihuahua Mexico is somewhat more interesting "hen it was decided by tho church to seek a refuge for the feu trho were yet living in a polygamous state Canada was looked to as the more logical country There are no definite conclusions as to why Canada was favored but probably it was due to the fact that the British Isles had proven the most fertile ground for con1 verts to Mormonisn As to why Mexico was finally decided But there exists upon is merely a matter of speculation the fact that the Mexican government welcomed the committee to Mexico City and gave the impression that they were willing to have the Mormons come to the state of Chihuahua Furthermore the laws and the climate of Mexico ware considered more suitable than those led by Moses Thatcher in of Canada 1SS& In addition the distance from the mother church would not be nearly so great It does not then seem illogical that Mexico was taken in preference to Canada as the most suitable refuge for the persecuted Mormon short time after the Thatcher commission returned in 1S£& caravans were in route to colonize In the neighboring countin' and principally in the state of The church authorities carefully instructed the Chihuahua Only a |