LDS ‘Island of Goodness.’ Manassa, Colorado.

John Morgan fields in Manassa, Colorado

Take a few minutes to read the interesting article posted at The Ancestor Files yesterday.

• Manassa, Colorado, a town of “spacious, uncluttered dirt streets.”
• The “hub colony” of Mormon colonization in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
• Established by a group of 72 converts to Mormonism from Georgia and Alabama, led by Elder John Morgan

A glimpse into John Morgan’s life in Manassa, Colorado, from his journal, is posted here on this blog.

John Hamilton Morgan Journal, and picture, from Special Collections, Marriott Library, University of Utah.