Arizona’s state historian tells how Latter-day Saint colonists pushed south from Utah into the territory, first as missionaries and explorers, then as settlers along the Little Colorado, the Salt and Gila rivers and beyond, digging canals, founding towns and dealing with Indians, drought and the law. He drew on the records of the Church Historian in Salt Lake City.
A detailed and sympathetic chapter of Southwestern history, full of pioneer names and places. Download the free EPUB.