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THE MORMON COLONIES IN MEXICO
Beginning in approximately 1875 to 1900 Mormon pioneers had founded a string of settlements in Chihuahua and Sonora extending from Colonia Diaz, just forty miles south of the United States border, to Chuichupa, 175 miles from the same line. Below are the links to specific information regarding the Mormon colonization effort and each of their colonies in Mexico.
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Colonia Cave Valley
Chihuahua, Mexico
Third Colony. Founded in 1887.
Also known as "Colonia Zaragoza", "Williams Ranch"
Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer
4 pages
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Colonia Chapultepec
Sonora, Mexico
Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer
2 pages
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Seventh Colony. Founded in 1894
Also known as "Chuhuichupa", and as "Mariano" Tarahumara for "Valley of the Mist"
Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer
Unpublished, pages
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Colonia Diaz
Chihuahua, Mexico
Second Colony. Founded in 1885.
Named for Porfirio Diaz, Mexican President
Written by Thomas Cottam Romney
Additions by Lucy Brown Archer
10+ pages
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Fifth Colony. Founded in 1889.
Also known as "Lake Town", "Colonia Huller", "San Francisco"
Written by Thomas Cottam Romney
Additions by Lucy Brown Archer
13 pages
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Eighth Colony. Founded in 1894
Also known as "Round Valley"
Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer
3 pages
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Colonia Guadalupe
Also known as "Terrazas"
Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer
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Colonia Juarez
Chihuahua, Mexico
First Colony. Founded in 1885
Named for Benito Juarez, Mexican President
Written by Thomas Cottam Romney
Additions by Lucy Brown Archer
20+ pages
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Compiled by Thomas Cottam Romney &
Lucy Brown Archer
Unpublished, 12 pages
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Tenth Colony. Founded in 1900.
"Smoke SIgnal" 1973 article by Barney Burns and Thomas Naylor, 38 pages
Additions by Lucy Brown Archer
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Sixth Colony. Founded in 1892.
Also known as "Oajaca","Los Horcones", "Fenochio", "Haymore Flat"
Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer
7 pages
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Fourth Colony. Founded in 1887.
Named for Mexican General Romualdo Pacheco
Written by Thomas C. Romney
Additions by Lucy Brown Archer
4+ pages
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Colonia San Jose
in Chihuahua and/or in Sonora
Eleventh Colony. Founded in 1905.
Also known as "Camp Turley" March 1885
Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer
It may be possible there are two Colonia San Jose's, one in Sonora and one in Chihuahua, 1 pages
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Colonia Cuauhtemoc
Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer
Circa 1998
Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer
2 pages
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found in "The Mormon Colonies in Mexico"
by Thomas Cottam Romney
Published 1938, between pages 80 & 81
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1885 to Circa 1914, etc.
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1860- 1968
found in the Life and Times of Harvey Hyrum Taylor" by Daniel Pierce Taylor
Published 1990
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Galeana
Chihuahua, Mexico
Ninth Colony. Founded in 1895.
May r
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"Trailblazers in Mexico"
May 1967 in The Instuctor
by Nelle Spilsbury Hatch
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By B. Carmon Hardy
Pacific Historical Review
November 1965, Pages 439-453
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Notes:
The order of the colonies being founded was listed in "Mormon Colonies - The List" at www.mormonmoney.com/Mormon%20Colonies.htm.
Copyright 2001 www.OrsonPrattBrown.org
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