Contents

Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Arrival, 1820–1880

April 6, 1880

Jens Nielson’s Journey

To the San Juan

Chapter 2: Survival, 1880–1881

1880: Initiation

1881: Failure

Chapter 3: Heights and Depths, 1882–1884

1882: Hope

1883: Indecision

1884: Catastrophe

Chapter 4: Revival, 1885–1886

Resuscitation

Cattle Country

Chapter 5: Competition, 1887–1890

Besieged

How to Continue

Bluff Life

Continuing Problems

Chapter 6: Golden Years, 1890–1893

Assimilation

Ditch and Stock, 1890–1892

Youth

The Peak, 1893

Chapter 7: Decline, 1893–1897

Depression

Indian Affairs

Disunion

Modern Times

Chapter 8: Mission’s End, 1898–1906

Old and New

Spiritual Matters

Twenty Years at Bluff

Dark Times

Posterity

Enduring to the End

Conclusion

Appendix A: Bluff Population Statistics

Profile of Bluff and Montezuma Population, June 1880

Profiles of Bluff and Montezuma Population, 1884

Departures

Profile of Bluff’s Population, 1900 Census

Sources

Appendix B: After Hole in the Rock: What Happened to the Members of the Expedition

Appendix C: Photographs

Appendix D: Map

Sources Consulted