Mormons settled this city in 1855 but thought it was too much of a gamble & abandoned it in 1857
The majority of the religious properties identified in the city retain much of their ..... 
school~as taking up too much of his time, the Bishop sent Scarritt back out .... 
Shoal Baptist Church, founded in Clay County (present day Kansas City), was 
one... [DOC] [TLE] Orson Hyde and the Carson Valley Mission, 1855-1857 - BYU ... [PAR] to many questions concerning the mormon settlement of this area.