Members of the Mormon Battalion and
The Mississippi Saints including
the George Washington GIBSON family
wintered 1846-1847 at Pueblo
Photo shared by D. F. Larkin at familysearch.org
A DETACHMENT OF THE UNITED STATED SOLDIERS OF
THE MORMON BATTALION
IN THE MEXICAN WAR SPENT
THE WINTER OF 1846-47 NEAR THIS SITE.
WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND MORMON
IMMIGRANTS FROM MISSISSIPPI
THEY FORMED A SETTLEMENT OF 275 PERSONS.
THEY ERECTED A CHURCH AND ROWS OF
DWELLINGS OF COTTONWOOD LOGS.
HERE WERE BORN THE FIRST
WHITE CHILDREN IN COLORADO.
Erected...1946
6 GIBSON / (Sparks)
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