Mississippi Saints Migration
In 1844, in Alabama, John Holladay joined the LDS Church as his son John Daniel may have already done. In the spring of 1846, at the urging of the Church, he joined the so-called Mississippi Saints migration west under the leadership of John Brown. He left Alabama with his wife and eight of his nine living children and their respective families. Their expected destination was California. The "Mississippi" party was supposed to meet the main Mormon migration party led by Brigham Young on the road west. Young postponed the departure until the next year but they were not informed of this change. When the "Mississippi" group did not meet up with the main party after traveling as far as Ft. Laramie, they headed south to Pueblo, Colorado for the winter with the guidance of trapper/guide, John Richard, Jr. commonly known as Jean Reshaw. In Pueblo, the Mississippi Saints party set up a separate camp, including a log chapel, near the trapper settlement on the Arkansas River and prepared for winter. John's eldest son John Daniel returned to Alabama before winter set in. The sick detachments from the US Army Mormon Battalion joined them in Pueblo soon afterward.
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