Show -5- 1- preslding elder The old colonists returned almost to a person and in December of 1930 the population of the community was ono hundred and 3 ninety orosoerous Mormon colonists PACHECO moved In 16S7 George C Y'illiams and Peter A Dillman to Corrales Basin on the headwaters of the Piedras Verdes River to locate another Mormon colony The colony dedicated in IS 69 and had an organization for ecclesiastical purposes A Mexican General Carlos Pacheco had been most useful to the 3aints on past occasions and to was Pacheco This thirty five miles southwest of the Mormon honor him the new town vra3 named locality is capitol Juarez colony The land surrounding Pacheco is heavily wooded but the level land is excellent for dry farming There are a number of small dams on adjacent streams to about furnish water for the garden plots and for household use The chief occupation of this colony is farming and the main product Is alfalfa There is also sufficient production of corn potatoes fruits and other vegetables for home conSmall surpluses are marketed in the Mexican sumption villages nearby 3 Encyclopedic History of the Church Mo 169 |