Chapter 21 If it takes the rest of my life: the quixotical family kingdom, 1886–1894

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Chapter 1 The barneys on america’s frontier: the holland land purchase, 1800–1811 1
7. Chapter 2 The silhouette of ohio: barneys in america’s interior, 1811–1826 9
8. Chapter 3 These fertile prairies: yankees on the illinois frontier, 1826–1832 23
9. Chapter 4 On my farm: lewis barney comes of age, 1833–1839 38
10. Chapter 5 An honest, industrious people: conversion to mormonism, 1839–1840 47
11. Chapter 6 Unaccustomed to city life: nauvoo and the hancock prairie, 1841–1844 59
12. Chapter 7 A Gloom over the Country: The Final Years in Hancock County, 1844–1846 74
13. Chapter 8 Midst sighs and lamentations: iowa—prelude to the west, 1846 84
14. Chapter 9 A story makes a people: the exodus to zion, 1847 95
15. Chapter 10 A band of brethren: the return to winter quarters, 1847 106
16. Chapter 11 Barney’s grove: iowa and the last trek to zion, 1847–1852 117
17. Chapter 12 We managed to live: the palmyra plain, 1852–1856 137
18. Chapter 13 He would not forsake his people: spanish fork and the utah war, 1856–1858 153
19. Chapter 14 We left them crying: spanish fork and springville, 1858–1861 171
20. Chapter 15 Busted up: utah’s sanpete and sevier valleys, 1861–1865 183
21. Chapter 16 Beginning to be old: the indian war and the railway, 1865–1869 195
22. Chapter 17 A frontier village: monroe, utah, 1871–1874 211
23. Chapter 18 A division with the people: the monroe united order of enoch, 1874–1878 222
24. Chapter 19 The salvation of thy relatives and friends: the last years in sevier valley, 1877–1882 238
25. Chapter 20 Better situated: farther into the frontier, 1882–1886 250
26. Chapter 21 If it takes the rest of my life: the quixotical family kingdom, 1886–1894 270
27. Notes 288
28. Bibliography 369
29. Index 394