Obed, Arizona

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Obed, Arizona
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Obed, Arizona
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Obed, Arizona
Obed, Arizona (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°54′58″N110°19′25″W / 34.91611°N 110.32361°W / 34.91611; -110.32361
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Arizona.svg  Arizona
County Navajo
Founded1876
Abandoned1877
Founded byGeorge Lake and Company
Elevation
5,023 ft (1,531 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST (no DST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (MST)

Obed, Arizona was a town in Navajo County, Arizona located approximately three miles south of Joseph City, Arizona. It was settled in 1876 by a group of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under the direction of George Lake. [1]

The settlers built a fort that was twelve rods square with walls that were ten feet high. It had bastions, with portholes for defense at two corners and additional portholes in the surrounding walls. The camp consisted of 123 members, which included John Bloomfield and his wife and nine children. Cottonwood was sawed for lumber. The community had a school house in January 1877 and a denominational school was started the next month, with Phoebe McNeal as teacher. [1]

Numerous problems plagued the settlement. The site was malarial, was selected against LDS Church instruction, and had trouble with brush and log dams washing away. The population took chills and fever and finally abandoned the settlement in March 1877. [1]

Obed was one of four Little Colorado River colonies. [2] The other colonies were Joseph City, Brigham City, and Sunset. Joseph City is the only remaining colony. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cindy Alldredge (October 24, 2004). "Joseph Henry James 1852–1908". forefamilies.com/. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  2. Tanner, George S and J Morris Richards, Colonization on the Little Colorado: The Joseph City Region (Flagstaff, Arizona: 1977) xiii.
  3. Tanner, George S and J Morris Richards, Colonization on the Little Colorado: The Joseph City Region (Flagstaff, Arizona: 1977) 21, 32, 34.