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Henry G. Boyle became the first president of the Southern States mission of his church, and was so impressed with the view he had of Arizona, in Battalion days, that, early in 1877, he sent into eastern Arizona a party of Arkansas immigrants. Adair, in southern Navajo County, was named after a Battalion member. A complete list of Arizona Battalion members follows: Wesley Adair, Co. C. Showlow.
The country is a beautiful one, well watered from abundant rains and well wooded, possibly a bit more favored than the present settlements of Showlow, Pinetop and Lakeside, which lie just north of the reservation line. There is reference in a letter of Llewellyn Harris, in July, 1878, to the settlement of Forest Dale, but the name is found in writings several months before.
Rufus C. Allen, Co. A. Las Vegas. Reuben W. Allred, Co. A. Pima. Mrs. Elzada Ford Allred Accompanied husband. Henry G. Boyle, Co. C. Pima. Henry W. Brizzee, Co. D. Mesa. James S. Brown, Co. D. Moen Copie. Edward Bunker, Co. E. St. David. George P. Dykes, Co. D. Mesa. Wm. A. Follett, Co. E. Near Showlow. Schuyler Hulett, Co. A. Phoenix. John Hunt Snowflake Accompanied his father, Capt.
But the noted scout Cooley, lived elsewhere, at Showlow and at Apache Springs. The first Mormons to come to Showlow were Alfred Cluff and David E. Adams, who were employed by Cooley in 1876. They were from Allen's Camp, almost driven away by necessity. Others soon came, including Moses and Orson Cluff, Edmund Ellsworth and Edson Whipple, a Salt Lake Pioneer.
Lieutenant Ray was sent with a detachment of troops and the Indians at Apache Springs were removed and the main body of the settlers, then temporarily located on the Showlow, moved over the ridge into the new valley. In March, 1878, the settlers included Merritt Staley, Oscar Mann, Ebenezer Thayne, David E. Adams, Jos. H. Frisby, Alfred Cluff, Isaac Follett, Orson Cluff and several unmarried men.
For months the bread was of barley flour, the diet later having variety, changed to corn bread and molasses, with wheat flour bread as a treat on Sundays. Showlow Won in a Game of "Seven-Up" Showlow, one of the freak Arizona place names, applied to a creek and district, as well as to a thrifty little settlement, lies about south of Snowflake, twenty miles or more.
Fear of the Indians then drove away the other settlers and, though there was later return, in 1893 was final abandonment. Reidhead lay on Showlow Creek, ten miles above Taylor and ten miles from Cooley's ranch. It was one of the places of first white settlement in northeastern Arizona, a Mexican having had his ranch there even before Cooley came into the country.
Transportation was by ox teams. Christmas Day was spent at St. Joseph on the Little Colorado and New Year at Showlow, arrival on the Gila being in January. Lake, in the meantime, had been joined by Jorgen Jorgensen and Jerome J. Adams, the two who had been sent to the Salt River Valley. The new arrivals at once set at work, clearing their lands and putting in grain, raising good crops.
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