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MORMON SETTLEMENT PLACE NAMES

(Capital letters indicate present settlement names) See map of

ADAIR, Fools Hollow--2 1/2 m. w. of Showlow ALGODON, Lebanon--7 m. se. of Thatcher ALMA, Stringtown--about 1 m. w. of Mesa Allen City, Allen Camp, Cumorah, ST. JOSEPH--Little Colorado settlement ALPINE, Frisco, Bush Valley--60 m. se. of St. Johns Apache Springs--at Forest Dale Apache Springs--sw. of Pinetop, Cooley's last ranch Amity and Omer, Union, EAGAR--upper Round Valley Arivaipa Canyon--western route Gila Valley to San Pedro ARTESIA--in Gila Valley, about 18 m. se. of Thatcher ASHURST, Redlands, Cork--about 15 m. nw. of Thatcher

Badger Creek--on Mormon wagon road 10 m. w. of Lee's Ferry Bagley, Walker, TAYLOR--3 m. s. of Snowflake Ballenger, Brigham City--was Little Colorado town Beaver Dams, LITTLEFIELD, Millersburg--nw. corner of State Beaver Ranch, Woolf Ranch, Lone Pine Crossing, Reidhead--12 m. s. of Snowflake Berardo, Horsehead Crossing, HOLBROOK--on Little Colorado Binghampton--6 m. n. of Tucson; near Ft. Lowell Bisbee--in se. Arizona, near Mexican border Bitter Springs--on Mormon road, 18 m. s. of Lee's Ferry Black Falls--on Little Colorado, 56 m. s. of Moen Copie BLUEWATER--in New Mexico on rr. 107 m. w. of Albuquerque Bonelli's, STONE'S FERRY--near mouth of Virgin r. Brigham City, Ballenger--was Little Colorado r. settlement Buckskin Mountains--between Kanab and Colorado r. BUNKERVILLE--Muddy settlement, 45 m. sw. of St. George Burke Tanks--On road Pleasant Valley to Grand Falls BRYCE--in Gila Valley, 2 m. n. of Pima Bush Valley, Frisco, ALPINE--60 m. se. of St. Johns

CALLVILLE, Call's Landing--16 m. w. of mouth of Virgin r. CEDAR RIDGE--on Mormon road, 33 m. s. of Lee's Ferry Cedar Ridge--10 m. ne. of Pleasant Valley Cedar Springs--Barney & Norton Double "N" ranch, 30 m. sw. of Thatcher CENTRAL--3 m. w. of Thatcher, in Gila Valley CHANDLER--8 m. s. of Mesa Clark's Ranch--Just off Ft. Apache road, near Showlow Clay Springs--Snowflake Stake Cluffs Cienega--6 m. e. of Pinetop, embraces new town of Cooley COLTER--17 m. se. of Springerville Columbine--near top of Mt. Graham, Graham Co. COOLEY--at lumber camp near Pinetop, rr. terminus Cooley's ranch--At Showlow--C.E. Cooley's first ranch Cooley's ranch--where C.E. Cooley died, sw. of Pinetop Cumorah, Allen's Camp, ST. JOSEPH--Little Colorado settlement CONCHO, Erastus--about half way between Snowflake and St. Johns Cork, Redlands, ASHURST--15 m. nw. of Thatcher Crossing of the Fathers, Vado de los Padres, El Vado, Ute Crossing, Ute Ford-- Colorado river crossing just n. of line Curtis, EDEN--about 15 m. nw. of Thatcher, in Gila Valley

DOUGLAS--near Mexican border, se. Arizona

EAGAR, Round Valley--2 m. s. of Springerville Eagle Valley--upper end of Muddy Valley Eastern Arizona Stake--1878. Included wards e. of Holbrook in ne. Arizona East Pinedale, PINEDALE--15 m. sw. of Snowflake East Verde--Mazatzal City--was near Payson, in n. Tonto Basin EDEN, Curtis--about 15 m. nw. of Thatcher in Gila Valley Ellsworth--was 1-3/4 m. s. of Showlow Emery--w. of Fort Thomas in Gila Valley Enterprise--was near San Jose, 15 m. e. of Thatcher Erastus, CONCHO--about half way between Snowflake and St. Johns Eureka Springs--in Arivaipa Valley about 25 m. sw. of Thatcher

Fairview, LAKESIDE, Woodland--about 30 m. s. of Snowflake Fairview, Matthews, GLENBAR--10 m. nw. of Thatcher in Gila Valley Fools Hollow, ADAIR--in ravine 2-1/2 m. w. of Showlow Forest Dale--8 m. sw. of Showlow FORT DEFIANCE--near N.M. line 30 m. n. of Santa Fe rr. Fort Milligan--was 1 m. w. of present Eagar Fort Moroni, Fort Rickerson--7 m. nw. of Flagstaff in LeRoux Flat Fort Thomas--in Gila Valley, 22 m. nw. of Thatcher Fort Utah, Utahville, Jonesville, LEHI--3 m. ne. of Mesa FRANKLIN--near N.M. line 50 m. e. of Thatcher FREDONIA, Hardscrabble--3 m. s. of Utah line, 8 m. s. of Kanab Frisco, ALPINE, Bush Valley--near N.M. line 60 m. se. of St. Johns

Gila Valley--in Graham Co., in se. Arizona GILBERT--6 m. se. of Mesa GLENBAR, Fairview, Matthews--10 m. w. of Thatcher in Gila Valley GLOBE--80 m. nw. of Thatcher GRAHAM--across the Gila river n. of Thatcher Grand Falls--on Little Colorado, 5 m. below ford and 47 m. below Winslow Grand Wash--leads s. of St. George into Colorado r. Grant, Heber, LUNA--across N.M. line, 40 m. se. of Springerville GREER--15 m. sw. of Eagar

HARDYVILLE--landing on Colorado, about 90 m. s. of Callville Hayden, Zenos, Mesaville, MESA--Headquarters of Maricopa Stake, 16 m. e. of Phoenix HAYDEN--35 m. s. of Globe Hayden's Ferry, San Pablo, TEMPE--9 m. e. of Phoenix Heber, Grant, LUNA--across N. M. line, 40 m. se. of Springerville HEBER--near Wilford, 50 m. sw. of Holbrook HEREFORD--on San Pedro, 33 m. s. of St. David HOLBROOK, Horsehead Crossing, Berardo--on Little Colorado Horsehead Crossing, Berardo, HOLBROOK--on Little Colorado House Rock Springs--on Mormon road, 38 m. sw. of Lee's Ferry HUBBARD--6 m. nw. of Thatcher HUNT--on Little Colorado, 17 m. nw. of St. Johns

Jacob's Pools--on Mormon road, 27 m. sw. of Lee's Ferry JOHNSON'S--on Mormon road, 14 m. ne. of Kanab, n. of Utah line Johnsonville, Nephi--was successor of Tempe ward, 3 m. w. of Mesa Jonesville, Utahville, Ft. Utah, LEHI--3 m. ne. of Mesa Joppa--in Snowflake Stake Junction (City), RIOVILLE--at junction of Muddy r. with Virgin r. Juniper, LINDEN--8 m. w. of Showlow

KANAB--just n. of Utah line, about 65 m. e. of St. George

LAKESIDE, Fairview, Woodland--ward 30 m. s. of Snowflake LAVEEN--on Salt River, 12 m. sw. of Phoenix LAYTON--3 m. e. of Thatcher Lebanon, ALGODON--in cotton district, 7 m. se. of Thatcher Lee Valley--15 m. sw. of Eagar LEE'S FERRY, Lonely Dell--on Colorado r., 18 m. s. of Utah line LEHI, Jonesville, Utahville, Ft. Utah--ward 3 m. ne. of Mesa LeRoux Springs and Flat--about 7 m. nw. of Flagstaff, location of Ft. Moroni Limestone Tanks--on Mormon road, 27 m. s. of Lee's Ferry LINDEN, Juniper--8 m. w. of Showlow Little Colorado Stake--first Arizona Stake, embraced Little Colorado settlements LITTLEFIELD, Beaver Dams, Millersburg--on Virgin r., 3 m. e. of line LOGAN, West Point--s. of Muddy r., 15 m. w. of St. Joseph Lonely Dell, LEE'S FERRY--crossing on Colorado r., 18 m. s. of Utah line Lone Pine, Beaver ranch, Woolf ranch, Reidhead--12 m. s. of Snowflake LUNA (Valley), Grant, Heber--across N.M. line, 40 m. se. of Springerville

Macdonald--on San Pedro, 5 m. s. of St. David MARICOPA STAKE--Headquarters at Mesa Matthews, Fairview, GLENBAR--10 m. nw. of Thatcher in Gila Valley Mazatzal City--in Tonto Basin, on East Verde r. McClellan Tanks--on Mormon road, about 35 m. s. of Lee's Ferry Meadows--on Little Colorado r., 8 m. nw. of St. Johns MESA, Hayden, Zenos, Mesaville--Maricopa Stake Headquarters, 16 m. e. of Phoenix MESQUITE--on n. side of Virgin r., 1 m. w. of Nevada line MIAMI--6 m. w. of Globe, 86 m. nw. of Thatcher Milligan Fort--was 1 m. w. of present Eagar Millersburg, Beaver Dams, LITTLEFIELD--on Virgin r., nw. corner of Arizona Millville--was on Mogollon plateau, 35 m. s. of Flagstaff Mill Point--6 m. nw. of St. Thomas on Muddy r. Miramonte--9 m. w. of Benson Moaby, Moa Ave, Moen Abi, Moanabby--7 m. sw. of Tuba, 60 m. s. of Lee's Ferry MOCCASIN SPRINGS--3 m. n. of Pipe Springs MOEN COPIE--was mission headquarters, 2 m. s. of Tuba Mohave Spring--in Moen Copie wash, s. of Tuba Mormon Dairy--near Mormon Lake, belonged to Sunset and Brigham City Mormon Lake--about 28 m. se. of Flagstaff, 50 m. w. of Sunset Mormon Road--west extension of Spanish Trail, St. George to Mormon Road--wagon road from Lee's Ferry to Little Colorado r. Mormon Range--at head of Muddy Valley, now se. Nevada Mormon Flat--on Apache Trail, Phoenix to Globe, 20 m. ne. of Mesa Mormon Fort--n. of , in Nevada Mortensen, Percheron, East Pinedale--Just e. of Pinedale settlement Mt. Carmel, Winsor--United Order ward in Long Valley n. of Kanab, Utah Mt. Trumbull--in Uinkarat Mnts., 30 m. w. of mouth of Kanab Wash Mt. Turnbull--37 m. nw. of Thatcher Muddy, river and valley, in present Nevada, near nw. corner of Arizona Musha Springs--just s. of Tuba, townsite of Tuba City, n. of Moen Copie

Navajo, Savoia, RAMAH--in N. M., 22 m. n. of Zuni, 80 m. ne. of St. Johns Navajo Spring--on Mormon road, 8 m. s. of Lee's Ferry Navajo Wells--16 m. e. of Kanab, in Utah, foot of Buckskin mts. Nephi, Johnsonville--was successor of Tempe ward, 3 m. w. of Mesa NUTRIOSO--17 m. se. of Springerville

Obed--was on Little Colorado r., 3 m. sw., across river, from St. Joseph Omer and Amity, Union, EAGAR--in lower Round Valley, Apache Co. OVERTON, Patterson's Ranch--8 m. nw. of St. Thomas, Nevada ORAIBI--Indian village, about 40 m. se. of Moen Copie Orderville--was United Order ward in Long Valley, n. of Kanab, in Utah

PAPAGO--Indian ward on both sides of Salt r., just nw. of Mesa. Paria River--enters Colorado r. from n., just above Lee's Ferry Patterson's Ranch, OVERTON--8 m. nw. of St. Thomas, Nevada PAYSON--in upper Tonto Basin, 75 m. w. of Showlow Peach Springs--10 m. ne. of station of same name on Santa Fe, 58 m. w. of Ash Fork Pearce's Ferry--Colorado r. crossing at mouth of Grand Wash Penrod, PINETOP--12 m. se. of Showlow Percheron, Mortensen, PINEDALE--15 1/2 m. w. of Showlow PHOENIX--Capital of Arizona, in Salt River Valley PIMA, Smithville--in Gila Valley, 6 m. nw. of Thatcher PINE--on Pine Creek, Tonto Basin, 70 m. w. of n. of Roosevelt dam PINEDALE, Percheron, Mortensen--15-1/2 m. w. of Showlow Pine Springs--near Pine Creek in Tonto Basin PINETOP, Penrod--12 m. se. of Showlow PIPE SPRINGS, Winsor Castle--on Mormon road, 20 m. sw. of Kanab PLEASANTON--in Williams Valley, N. M., 36 m. s. of Luna Valley PLEASANT VALLEY--location of sawmill and dairy, 25 m. se. of Flagstaff POMERENE--4 m. n. and e. of Benson

RAMAH, Navajo, Savoia--in N. M., 80 m. ne. of St. Johns RAY--25 m. sw. of Globe Redlands, ASHURST, Cork--about 15 m. nw. of Thatcher REIDHEAD, Beaver Ranch, Woolf Crossing, Lone Pine Crossing--10 m. s. of Taylor RICHVILLE, Walnut Grove, 18 m. s. of St. Johns RIOVILLE, Junction (City)--junction of Muddy r. with Virgin r. Round Valley, EAGAR--35 m. s. of St. Johns

ST. JOHNS, Salem--St. Johns Stake hdqrs., 60 m. se. of Holbrook ST. JOHNS STAKE--Embraces eastern Arizona, n. of Graham Co. ST. DAVID--on San Pedro r., 7 m. se. of Benson in se. Arizona ST. JOSEPH--5 m. n. of Overton, n. side of Muddy r., now in Nevada ST. JOSEPH, Allen Camp, Cumorah--on Little Colorado r., 10 m. w. of Holbrook ST. JOSEPH STAKE--embraces se. Arizona, hdqrs. at Thatcher ST. THOMAS--w. side of Muddy, 1-3/4 m. above junction with Virgin r. SAFFORD--3 m. e. of Thatcher Salem, ST. JOHNS--St. Johns Stake hdqrs., 60 m. se. of Holbrook Salt Lake--33 m. e. of St. Johns; is in New Mexico Salt Mountains--Salt deposits on Virgin r., below St. Thomas San Francisco Mountains--n. of Flagstaff SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.--about 50 m. e. of Los Angeles San Bernardino Ranch--in extreme se. comer of Arizona San Pablo, Hayden's Ferry, TEMPE--9 m. e. of Phoenix San Pedro--river and valley in se. Arizona Savoia, Navajo, RAMAH--Savoia was 6 m. e. of present Ramah SHOWLOW--22 m. s. of Snowflake SHUMWAY--ward on Silver creek, 7 m. s. of Snowflake Simonsville--was mill location, 6 m. nw. of St. Thomas Smithville, PIMA--6 m. nw. of Thatcher, once St. Joseph Stake hdqrs. SNOWFLAKE--Snowflake Stake hdqrs., 30 m. s. of Holbrook SNOWFLAKE STAKE--embraces practically Navajo County Soap Creek (Springs)--on Mormon road, 16 m. sw. of Lee's Ferry SOLOMONVILLE--e. end of Gila Valley SPRINGERVILLE--35 m. se. of St. Johns Stinson Valley--former name of valley in which Snowflake is located STONE'S FERRY, Bonelli's--Colorado r. crossing, w. of mouth of Virgin r. Strawberry Valley--in n. Tonto Basin Sulphur Springs Valley--in se. Arizona Sunset, Sunset Crossing--Little Colorado r. settlement, 25 m. w. of St. Joseph Sunset Sawmill--was 7 m. s. of Mormon Dairy Surprise Valley--10 m. nw. of Hunt, along Surprise Creek, 27 m. nw. of St. Johns Surprise Valley--near mouth of Kanab Canyon

Taylor--was settlement across Colorado r., 3 m. w. of St. Joseph TAYLOR, Bagley, Walker--on Silver Creek, 3 m. s. of Snowflake TEMPE, San Pablo, Hayden's Ferry--9 m. e. of Phoenix Tenney's Camp, WOODRUFF--on Little Colorado r., 12 m. ne. of Holbrook THATCHER--St. Joseph Stake hdqrs., in Gila Valley Tonto Basin--in central Arizona TUBA (CITY)--on Mormon road, 60 m. se. of Lee's Ferry TUBAC--on Santa Cruz r., 42 m. s. of Tucson Turkey Tanks--about 10 m. ne. of Flagstaff

Union, Omer, Amity, EAGAR--ward embraced Round Valley settlements Utahville, Fort Utah, LEHI, Jonesville--3 m. ne. of Mesa Ute Ford, Vado de los Padres, CROSSING OF THE FATHERS--on Colorado r., just n. of Arizona line

Vermilion Cliffs--w. of Colorado r., extending into both Arizona and Utah VERNON--ward includes Concho and Hunt branches VIRDEN--just over New Mexico line on Gila r., 8 m. ne. of Franklin

Walker, Bagley, TAYLOR--on Silver Creek, 3 m. s. of Snowflake Walnut Grove, RICHVILLE--18 m. s. of St. Johns on Little Colorado r. West Point, LOGAN--s. of Muddy r., 15 m. w. of St. Joseph, Nevada Whitewater--22 m. e. of Tombstone. Wilford--6 m. sw. of Heber, 56 m. sw. of Holbrook Williams Valley--in New Mexico, 36 m. s. of Luna Valley Willow Springs--on Mormon road, 7 m. nw. of Tuba Winsor, Mt. Carmel--was United Order ward in Long Valley n. of Kanab Winsor Castle, PIPE SPRINGS--on Mormon road, 20 m. sw. of Kanab WOODRUFF, Tenney's Camp--ward on Little Colorado r., 12 m. se. of Holbrook Woolf Crossing, ranch, Beaver ranch, Lone Pine, Reidhead--10 m. s. of Taylor Woodland, Fairview, LAKESIDE--3 m. nw. of Pinetop

Zenos, Hayden, Mesaville, MESA--16 m. e. of Phoeni