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Colonia Díaz

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405:, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the time, sent an expedition of missionaries led by Dan W. Jones to Mexico to investigate the possibility of preaching to the Mexican communities and to search for probable settlement options. The missionaries met with several local and regional officials and found a favorable opinion. Mexican president Porfirio Díaz was also known to encourage foreign settlements. This friendly environment encouraged settling first in Arizona through the end of the 1870s. After Young's death, the settling projects in Mexico shifted from a proselyting foundation towards finding a refuge for families that had adopted plural marriage and felt threatened by the US Government's prosecution of polygamists. Even though plural marriage was illegal in Mexico, government officials welcomed the benefits of foreign investments and colonization by Americans and their resources, ignoring their cultural differences. 442:
initiation of Madero's revolt, there were some efforts made by local officers to enlist the loyalty of the Mormon settlers to the federal ranks. Nevertheless, the settlers maintained a position of neutrality during the developments surrounding them. The LDS Church's headquarters had also endorsed a policy of strict neutrality. The unstable conditions in the Country didn't affect the Mormon colonies much, except for occasional stealing of pasture fences, horses and cattle used mostly for beef. Madero was actually known to produce receipts for the confiscated goods taken from the colonists, in case the Revolution triumphed. There were no reports of plundering by the Federal Government.
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Mexican Northern Pacific railway, although without much compensation. The summer rain of that year was unusually low, so the crops of Northern Mexico were scarce. Most of that year up to the summer of 1893 was characterized by a general destitution of food and clothing. After the summer of 1893 conditions were favorable leading to a prominent fair in October 1896 with local and national officials attending. Subsequent fairs became a notorious feature in the economic prosperity of the colony.
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before land negotiations were completed. They were forced to wait in their temporary camps, where money, resources and comfort were compromised. Within weeks most colonists in Casas Grandes were reduced to poverty and sickness. Surprisingly, President Díaz interceded in behalf of the colonists, which lead to the first official settlement, named by their intercessor: Colonia Díaz.
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collapsed. Heavy and unexpected snowfall would also affect the colony's crop business. Colonia Díaz sat along the flood-prone banks of the Casas Grandes River. In 1908 heavy rains overflowed the river, which flooded Colonia Díaz and most of the surrounding fields. The flood washed away the precautionary sandbags and the town's
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from Madero's ranks. Orozco's rebellion was funded mostly from confiscated livestock, which he sold in Texas, and where he bought weapons and ammunition. Once it was known that the Mormon settlers had arms, a small force of 35 men led by Enrique Portillo was sent among the colonies to disarm them. On
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caused landslides and fires in the mountains affecting mostly the colonies settled on the Sierra Madre Occidental. Some houses in Colonia Díaz suffered damage as a result of the earthquake, mostly the houses roofed with heavy log rafters that were untied to the adobe walls and fell in when the walls
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entered the state of Chihuahua from his brief exile in the US border and led 130 men in an attack on Casas Grandes, south of the Mormon colonies, initiating the Mexican Revolution. Up to that point, the Mormon colonists had established a friendly relationship with their Mexican neighbors. During the
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from the north who were fleeing their homeland during its decline. A third theory speculates that Casas Grandes is a community that grew over time to dominate its region and adopted some religious and social customs from the civilizations of Mesoamerica. The language the inhabitants of Casas Grandes
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to Colonia Díaz took three months. Most settlers actually traveled in a hurry for the fear of arrest from the Marshals that were enforcing the laws against polygamy. The first settlers of Colonia Diaz located at the banks of the Casas Grandes River. Instead of using their wagon boxes as homes, they
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to negotiate purchasing of the lands and for official arrangements of foreign colonists to be accepted in Chihuahua. In May 1885 approximately 400 prospective settlers, mostly plural families from Arizona established temporary camps on the shores of Casas Grandes River. Most of the settlers arrived
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and joined or became the Opata whom the Spaniards found in the mid-16th century living in small but well-organized city states called “statelets.” It is also possible that Casas Grandes was abandoned because opportunities were greater elsewhere. Other communities in the Southwest are known to have
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Schooling was an important priority in Colonia Díaz. The school subjects included geography, reading, writing, arithmetic, and American and Mexican history. Spelling matches were common. Families homeschooled the subjects to their children if they lived too far out of town to get to school easily.
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Colonia Díaz did not rely entirely on their own wells for irrigation. Most of the water supply for the farming lands came from a large spring on the neighboring mountains, conducted down the flats by way of a wide ditch several miles long. The inhabitants of Colonia Díaz raised everything they ate
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with the looting of the Union Mercantile Bank. Romeny agreed with the colonists to give up their weapons and ammunition. All families were driven from Colonia Díaz on July 28. Colonia Juarez came next in the raid on July 29, followed by Colonia Pacheco. During the collection of weapons, the Mormon
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valley, where Colonia Díaz was established. All orchards and pastures surrounded the community, which consisted of a compact grid of about 140 blocks. None of the Mormon colonies had local political leadership. All civil decisions were made locally by LDS bishops and the Stake President. A request
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built in 1891. In 1894 a prosperous candy business was reported to have made several thousand pounds of candy from Mexican sugar. Several mills and a broom factory were also in operation in Colonia Díaz. In 1891 many of the men in Colonia Díaz worked and donated resources for the building of the
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sent a wire agreeing that the course pursued by the Mormon colonists ought to be determined by Romney and his Stake leadership. Finally, in the end of July 1912 Salazar called upon Romney to inform him that he had withdrawn all guaranties favoring the colonies. Orozco had given the order that no
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Mormon settlers in Mexico maintained friendly relationships with President Díaz. In 1901 colony leaders made two visit to the Mexican President reporting on the settlers industry, education and economic development. Although considered a dictator by the LDS communities, Díaz was praised for his
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All residents of Colonia Díaz were active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and religion was at the very center of the colony's culture. Church services were held in a large one-room schoolhouse that could be divided into four separate rooms with hanging curtains. Most
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except for flour, sugar, and salt which were purchased at the stores. Besides farming and ranching, some residents earned a living as shoemakers, blacksmiths, tanners, carpenters, masons, and a few were store owners, miners and many worked on cattle ranches for their Mexicans neighbors.
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initially made dugouts along the bank of the river, plastered them with mud and let it dry, then covered them with the wagon tarps. The fronts of these dugouts were later rocked up, providing adequate temporary homes until they could build better ones.
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about the issue of the taking arms against the colonists' will. Salazar agreed to leave the colonies alone on condition that they didn't interfere with the revolution. Salazar and Orozco had signed guaranties for the colonies.
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to settle in Mexico established temporary camps adjacent to the Casas Grandes River. Within weeks Colonia Díaz was established as the first permanent Mormon colony in Mexico. The name came from then Mexican President
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for town leadership for Colonia Juarez, Colonia Dublán and Colonia Díaz. The decision for self-government was postponed and never reached due to the civil unrest of the Mexican Revolution centered in Chihuahua.
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religious tolerance. It probably was that favorable relationship with the President that caused Colonia Díaz to be the only Mormon colony to be completely burned to the ground during the Mexican Revolution.
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empire or other Mesoamerican states to the south turned it into a major trading center. A diametrically opposed theory is that Casas Grandes was established by the elites of the
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colonists began shipping the women and children off their lands. The decision was made locally, since the colony leaders felt it was too dangerous to wait for confirmation from
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is 250 miles south of the location where Colonia Díaz existed. In 1886 Colonia Díaz consisted of 7000 acres. Subsequently 27,000 acres were purchased to add to the community.
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A few weeks later the violence intensified in Chihuahua leading to more rebel groups staking the colonies in search for weapons and other goods. On a train trip to
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The largest identified settlement in Northern Chihuahua is known today as Paquimé or Casas Grandes. Casas Grandes was probably a backwater until about 1200 CE when
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people lived in the Casas Grandes valley along the river of the same name. Mexican hunters and trappers avoided the area because of fear for the Apaches. The first
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Reported by Capt Veater to the United States Congressional investigation of Mexican affairs. Published in the (1920), pages 1481-1482. Digitized in 2010 by the
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residents participated in dances every Friday. The community also celebrated American holidays and some Mexican holidays, especially
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After about the eighth grade the children who had saved enough money and had the desire to get more education were sent to
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Settlement in Colonia Díaz was founded largely on farming and stock raising. Significant trade in flour happened due to a
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For unknown reasons, Casas Grandes was abandoned in about 1450. In 1565 nearby Indians, non-agricultural nomads, probably
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to make decisions on behalf of the colonies should violence escalated too quickly. On July 17, LDS President
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Investigation of Mexican affairs: preliminary report and hearings of the Committee on foreign relations
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July 12, 1912 a rebel leader by the last name of Arriola confiscated all the flour from Colonia Díaz
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valley for the place where settlements were to be established. Several ambassadors were sent from
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settlement was established in 1885 mostly to provide refuge for plural families escaping the
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and 18 miles from the border at the point where the boundary line makes a square angle of
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The Backbone of the World: A Portrait of the Vanishing West Along the Continental Divide
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Blue Mountain Shadows Magazine; Issue 1 -- Fall 1987; pp. 6-11. Accessed 21 Jan 2014.
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A few natural disasters hit the area where the Mormon colonies were established. The
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Combination church-schoolhouse with Sunday School congregation in Colonia Díaz.
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Humans have lived in the Casas Grandes area for at least 1,900 years. The
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U.S. Army Expeditionary troops of the 16th Inf. resting in Colonia Diaz, 1916.
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was probably widely spoken but it was not the primary language of the people.
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Colonia Díaz was located in northern Chihuahua. The nearest Mexican city was
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ruling against polygamy. Therefore, Colonia Díaz is an early example of a
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ran through Colonia Díaz from the southwest in a southeastern direction.
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Colonia Juarez: Commemorating 125 Years of the Mormon Colonies in Mexico
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and Chihuahua is about 50 miles from where Ciudad Díaz was located. The
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in New Mexico. The Casas Grandes people might've also migrated west to
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spoke is unknown. Given the Mesoamerican influence on Casas Grandes
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visited the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua, selecting the
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Adobe dwellings from the early Paquimé era with an enclosing wall.
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United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Look Upstream: Junius Romney in Mexico and the United States
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Prior to the arrival of settlers in late-19th century, the
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American in Mexican soil could be allowed to own weapons.
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and ordered their guns to be surrendered by the next day.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico
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By March, 1894 there were 80 families of members of
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Mormons in Mexico: Refuge, Revolution and Rejection
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Index

Ghost town
Mormon colony
Colonia Diaz 1916
Colonia Díaz is located in Chihuahua
31°10′0″N 108°0′0″W / 31.16667°N 108.00000°W / 31.16667; -108.00000
Mexico

Chihuahua
Mormon pioneers
Named for
Porfirio Díaz
Mormon colony in Mexico
Casas Grandes River
Chihuahua
Mexico
ghost town
Sierra Madre Occidental
Mexico–United States border
Mexican Revolution
Colonia Dublán
Colonia Juárez
Mormon
Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act
Reynolds v. United States
planned community
Apache
Mormon pioneers
Porfirio Díaz
Colonia Dublán
Casas Grandes

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