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Thomas, and the othe~s, who left on this assignment, undouhtedly followed the Old Spanish route. St. George had not been settled yet and rhc Black Kidgc prc~entcd fonnidablc obstacle. It was while Thomas a was working by the "hluddy" that he took cold and developed rheumatism. The climate there was extremely hot and dry and it was not uncommon for the teinpcraturc to go well ahove 110'. One of the settlers wrote, ' T h c country around here looks as if the Lord had forgotten it." In ordrr to slccp during thc hot nights, the men wrapped themselves in wet dothing or I>l:mkets for relief from the heat. These conditions were ir~strumcntal causing an attack of rheumatism, for which Thomas had in an inhercnt t e n d e n ~ y . ~ lit first the Indians appearcd friendly enough to the people inhabiting the I.as Vegas Fort. They were very interested in the settlers' gxrdrns. Strangely enough, they cared nothing for corn but considered squash a delicacy. Some were even willing to work an entire day for the pay of two squash. But they soon found that steal in^ from the gardens was an easier way to ol~tain Saints' produce. They also began killing thr the livestock and drrnanding goods that the Saints didn't even possess. Bec;lune of this Indian troul~le, was finally decided on Sept. 26, 1858, it to drop the Las Vegas Mission. Six !-cars aftcr the al~andonmentof the 1.as Vegas mission, a scttlemcnt was foundcd at the confluen<cof the Muddy and Colorado rivers. A warehouse and pier were h i l t , designed to serve a double purpose. The Civil JVar had depleted the rotton fields of the South. Cotton .?n)wn in the St. George area could l ~ l~rought the warehouse at CMe to villc (:IS the place became known) for storage. I t could be picked up, loaded on a stcaml)oat, and shipped, via the Horn, to Eastern and European ports. Secondly, immifmnts coming from Europe conld sail to the isthmus of Panama, go overland to the Pacific Ocean, board the steamboat, and travel u p through the Gulf of California to the Callville landing. A small steamboat was used for a while, but eventnlly had to he ahandoncd hecause of the difficulty of navigating the waters of the Colorado. With the completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869, the Callville project was abandoned as unprofitahle. Today, the pier and whatever may be left of the lnddings there, are huried under the waters of Lake Mead.4 I t wasn't until 1865 that the Muddy Valley was colonized with the towns of St. Joseph, St. Thomas, and Overton, Nevada which were thought, at the time, to be part of CTtah. In 1867 this part of Utah was ken to Nevada and when thesc settlers found, in 1870, that they would have to pay hack tares to Nevada, they dislianded. Nearly 200 settlers 26

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
Type	Image; Still image
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Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page 26
Description	Thomas, and the othe~s, who left on this assignment, undouhtedly followed the Old Spanish route. St. George had not been settled yet and rhc Black Kidgc prc~entcd fonnidablc obstacle. It was while Thomas a was working by the "hluddy" that he took cold and developed rheumatism. The climate there was extremely hot and dry and it was not uncommon for the teinpcraturc to go well ahove 110'. One of the settlers wrote, ' T h c country around here looks as if the Lord had forgotten it." In ordrr to slccp during thc hot nights, the men wrapped themselves in wet dothing or I>l:mkets for relief from the heat. These conditions were ir~strumcntal causing an attack of rheumatism, for which Thomas had in an inhercnt t e n d e n ~ y. ~ lit first the Indians appearcd friendly enough to the people inhabiting the I.as Vegas Fort. They were very interested in the settlers' gxrdrns. Strangely enough, they cared nothing for corn but considered squash a delicacy. Some were even willing to work an entire day for the pay of two squash. But they soon found that steal in^ from the gardens was an easier way to ol~tain Saints' produce. They also began killing thr the livestock and drrnanding goods that the Saints didn't even possess. Bec;lune of this Indian troul~le, was finally decided on Sept. 26, 1858, it to drop the Las Vegas Mission. Six !-cars aftcr the al~andonmentof the 1.as Vegas mission, a scttlemcnt was foundcd at the confluen<cof the Muddy and Colorado rivers. A warehouse and pier were h i l t , designed to serve a double purpose. The Civil JVar had depleted the rotton fields of the South. Cotton.?n)wn in the St. George area could l ~ l~rought the warehouse at CMe to villc (:IS the place became known) for storage. I t could be picked up, loaded on a stcaml)oat, and shipped, via the Horn, to Eastern and European ports. Secondly, immifmnts coming from Europe conld sail to the isthmus of Panama, go overland to the Pacific Ocean, board the steamboat, and travel u p through the Gulf of California to the Callville landing. A small steamboat was used for a while, but eventnlly had to he ahandoncd hecause of the difficulty of navigating the waters of the Colorado. With the completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869, the Callville project was abandoned as unprofitahle. Today, the pier and whatever may be left of the lnddings there, are huried under the waters of Lake Mead.4 I t wasn't until 1865 that the Muddy Valley was colonized with the towns of St. Joseph, St. Thomas, and Overton, Nevada which were thought, at the time, to be part of CTtah. In 1867 this part of Utah was ken to Nevada and when thesc settlers found, in 1870, that they would have to pay hack tares to Nevada, they dislianded. Nearly 200 settlers 26
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
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