News arrives in Utah of firing on Fort Sumter and the beginning of the Civil War.
May 26, 1861
We travelled down the Santa Clara on the Calafornia road untill
we came to Jacobs Twist here we left the Calafornia road & passed
through "Jacobs Twist" & on to Santa Clara settlem[en]t arived at Noon
This is the most southern settlem[en]t in Utah distance from G. S. L. City
330 Miles Except the Tonaquaint 8 miles south East at the Junction
of the Santa Clara with the Rio Venirgen which is the most southern
settlement of this Territory. We held two meetings it being Sunday
President Young G A Smith D. H. Wells, J. Taylor & E Hunter, preached
This days travel was through a rough country Jacobs Twist would
be Easily defended against an Enemy, as few could get into it at a time
and it twists like an augor. The uper strata is Black Iron rock
the under strata red. I would think Nothing would grow but
the cacktus was 3 or 4 feet high 2 or 3 feet across the top and
other herbage & flours scattered along the road & side Hills
The Santa Clara settlem[en]t is a vary fertile Botton although it is
a bed of sand. The brethren have some vary fine orchards and
vineyards which we visited it was Judged that they would raise
1000 bushels of peaches the present year Jacob Hamblin will have
500 bushels. Brother Walter E Dodge has a fine orchard & vineyard
containing Apples, peaches, apricott, nectaerines, plums, pears quinces
almonds Figs English walnuts gooseburies curants and cataba
Isabella & Calafornia grapes all in a thrifty & promising condition
the cotton crop looked well I stoped at Brother Dodge He kept a good
house set a good [blank] had a Neat, smart, fine wife. Santa Clara
27contains 30 families 34 Men & 30 Houses 250 Acres in cultivation
more than half of the men had gone into the Hills to summer
there Flocks. Elder Isaac Chase Died to night Aged 69 years
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