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History of the Church  settlement was called Garden Grove. Soon
it was as lively as a hive of bees. Hundreds of men were busy
making fence rails and fences, building houses, digging wells,
clearing land, and plowing. Meetings were held often and the
people were instructed and encouraged. Parley P. Pratt and a
small company were sent ahead to find another location for a
settlement. They found a beautiful place about thirty miles from
Garden Grove, which they called Mount Pisgah. Here houses were
also built, and farms and gardens planted. As many of the Saints
were poor and sick they rested at these two settlements while
the main body went on. From Mount Pisgah the country was wild
Indian lands, there being no white settlements or roads. The
spring rains had now moderated so that the roads were better. On
June 14th President Young and the leading companies arrived at
the Missouri river, where a stop was made. Most of the companies
came up in July.