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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
New Photos of Poncho Villa with Mormon Colonists Surface
Mary Ellen Elizabeth Wilden Lillywhite
Warren Longhurst
As I was preparing this month's Las Colonias, I received an email from Ron Bridgemon saying that he has found what he believes are photos of Poncho Villa and Mormon Colonists. One of the photos contains Poncho Villa and Clifford Whetten swimming in hot springs and the other is of (see picture above) Poncho Villa and local midwives in Colonia Garcia.
If anyone can shed light on these photos or the people contained therein, please Leave a Reply in the Comment box at the end of the post on the website.
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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Warren Longhurst
(1868 - 1951)
Warren’s parents were William Henry Longhurst, born January 22, 1817, in Little Hampton, Sussex, England, and Ann Preston, who was born April 13, 1825 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
William Henry’s father was a shipbuilder, and the son took up the trade. His business took him to Portsmouth where he met and, in time, married Ann. In associating with their friends, they both heard of the Latter-day Saint Church. She told him about it and was amazed to find that he also was interested. So they went together to hear the Elders. They became convinced that what they heard was true and were baptized. They then tried to convert their families and friends, but were rejected. It took them 15 years to save up the money to emigrate to America. They were poor and it was difficult; also, the whole sum of money had been stolen once and they had to start over.
Warren Longhurst cont.
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Mary Ellen Elizabeth Wilden Lillywhite
(1850-1922)
Mary Ellen Elizabeth Wilden, daughter of Charles and Eleanor Turner Wilden, was born December 5, 1850 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Her parents had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England and although Charles a better work for more than 14 months, they left their home with their six children, their relatives and friends to gather with other Mormons in Utah and establish a new home. They sailed from Liverpool, England, November 10, 1849 and arrived in New Orleans on December 24 of the same year. Then they went on to St. Louis, Missouri, where they spent two years preparing for the journey to Utah. Here the youngest child, Maria, died in the next year Mary Ellen Elizabeth was born in a dugout.
Mary Ellen Elizabeth Wilden Lillywhite
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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.
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