130 years ago today - Aug 15, 1889

The church purchases a ranch in Skull Valley, Tooele County, Utah, for Hawaiian Mormon immigrants. They name the community Iosepa (Joseph). The colony continues until 1917.

[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]

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