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Welcome to Las Colonias magazine. Las Colonias believes that the same pioneer spirit that first settled the Mormon Colonies still lives in the descendants of the original colonists. Sadly, with each passing generation. the biographies, the stories, and the principles that they teach become lost to time.
In This Month's Issue
Unveiling and commemoration of a new plaque and monument on Temple Hill in Pacheco.
James Douglas Harvey's history illustrates the violence common in the days preceding and during the Exodus.
The history of William Cook Prows doesn't mention him being a member of the Mormon Battalion. Upon returning from California in 1850, multiple sources cite William Prows as being one of the first miners to discover gold in Virginia City, Nevada.
Most of the histories are taken from Stalwarts South of the Border compiled by Nelle Spilsbury Hatch and Carmon Hardy. As far as possible, in order to preserve the author's voice, all spelling and syntax have been kept as the original text. Most numbers have been changed to numerals rather than the original text.
Las Colonias tells the amazing stories of the Mormon colonists, and introduces generations new and old to the incredible history and landscapes that act as a backdrop on which the colonists lived their lives.
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All in attendance at the unveiling of new plaque and monument
Plaque Commemorating Temple Hill and Colonia Pacheco
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On July 24th 2014 over sixty Mormon colonist descendants ascended Temple Hill overlooking Colonia Pacheco to honor their pioneer ancestors. They came to pay tribute to the original men who scouted future Mormon settlements for colonization by unveiling a new plaque and monument to replace an older monument that had fallen into disrepair.
The original monument had been constructed by the Pacheco Boy Scout troop in 1935. Dan Jarvis helped spearhead the project of replacing the original plaque and monument that was originally placed by his father Ray Jarvis who served as Scout Master.
Later that evening a Pioneer Day celebration was held at the home of Ed and Gayle Whetten with most of the Colonies residents attending.
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William Cook Prows
(1827 –1894)
It was the upper Kanawha Valley, Virginia (now West Virginia), on the eleventh day of June, 1827, that a son was born in the home of Thomas Prows and Elenor Kounts (Kountz). He was given the name of William Cook Prows. Two brothers, John Thomas Prows, born July 15, 1819, and Daniel “W” Prows, born 1824, along with a sister, Mary Ann Prows, born February. 22, 1822, greeted the new child.
Thomas Prows’ father was born April 17, 1792. We have record of two Brothers of this Thomas, a Daniel and the Samuel G. His mother, Eleanor Kounts, was born January 4, 1802. Temple records indicate that both Thomas and Elenor came from Virginia. We also have record of three sisters of Eleanor—Mary, Jerusha, and Margaret—listed from St. Louis Missouri.
Very little is known about the route his family followed westward. However, records indicate that other brothers and sisters were born in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
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William Cook Prows
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Heaton Lunt of Colonia Pacheco
book review
Marian L Lunt’s book, Heaton Lunt of Colonia Pacheco, was a lot of fun to read. The biography was written from audiotapes recorded by her father-in-law, Heaton Lunt.
I don’t think that Louis L’Amour or Zane Grey could have written better stories than the life Heaton lived. It's like a Hollywood screenwriter had John Wayne or Clint Eastwood in mind as he created a script filled with banditos, hermits, army scouts, wild animals, and gunplay.
Heaton Lunt cont.
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