Fish, Joseph, 1854-1943

File — Box: 10, Folder: 5

Identifier: VIII

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

History of the Eastern Arizona Stake of Zion and of the Establishment of the Snowflake Stake. When the Eastern Arizona Stake of Zion was organized June 28 and 29, 1879, Joseph Fish was chosen stake recorder. This position he held for about fourteen years. Besides keeping the stake records and taking minutes of stake functions, he began in a separate book, a history of the organization and growth of the wards and the stake as a whole. Joseph Fish wrote this history as the events occurred, therefore, there is not a consecutive history of each ward in any one section of the book. He wrote of the founding of the various wards, the stake organization, and political conditions up to 1883 or 1884. He then summarized the conditions of the stake in 1884, 1886, and 1887 (as explained by typist Melvin S. Fish). The histories cover the following organized wards of the Eastern Arizona Stake: Woodruff, Snowflake, Tayior, Showlow, St. Johns, Erastus (Concho), Ramah (Navajo or Savoia), Meadows, Omer (Eagar), Amity, Nutrioso, Alpine (Bush Valley), Luna (Heber, New Mexico), and Pleasanton, New Mexico. Included in the volume is a ten-page history of the Snowflake Stake.

Dates

1854-1943

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.