Arizona republican., 1910-01-29
IN THE LAND OF
 THE CLIFF JEWELLERS

Bishop Spalding. The only presbyter of whom there is mention in reports
 during this period was the Rev. Will
 liam H. Hill. from California. who
 made two visits to Arizona in 1880.
 He was much pleased with Phoenix. The water was slightly brackish he
 said. but the people used it for all ! purposes. The place reminded him or Salt Lake City. the water running
 down the streets and loilized in the gardens. He found several of our church families there. He had heard i of Prescott as being one of the hand l somest places in Arizona. q reputa- ton that it still deserves. He spent l two Sundays at Tucson. which he be- 1 lieved to be the most important town
 in Arizona, as it undoubtedly was He ] also visited Tombstone. where he found population of 2.0o0 people, mushroom buildings. reckless char 1 acters. unlimited drinking and gam bling and everything that was bad.
 l Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont wrote to Bishop Spalding in 1S79 General Fremont was governor of the terri. | tory. The house in which they lived is now the rectory and guild house
 of St. Luke's church. Prescott She said that Tucson was well grounded
 and started in it's Mexican trade and was certainly d permanent town. The
 pretenSions of Phoenix. which was
 located in the best watered section
 of the territory. were effcctually laid
 aside for the present. as it had re-
 i'm,
 reservation. Prescott had fresh
 and invigorating climate and q min
 ing neighborhood, as good. perhaps. as any. She wanted very much to
 have the church and to hear it's serv-
 ices again. She said that 'a good clergyman" meaning thereby good
 man. who lived mp to his preaching l and who was a gentleman. would l command respect and support.
 The Rev George Kelly Dunlop was ! consccrated for New Mexico and Ari- l! zona. November 2l. 1880. He was the | rector of Grace church. Kirkwood, i Mo. at the time of his election. He | found in Arizona not church build
 ing. not a piece of property. not an , organized congregation. not q clergy | man. and only forty communicants 1 who had been in any way reported
 Among the pioneer missionaries of . Arizona. in Bishop Dunlop's days. the i Rev Thomas w Haskins should be- mentioned. He came in 1SS6. and
 though more or less q sick man. he
 did an immense amount of work at
 Tombstone. Bisbee Fort Tiuachucl THcson and Phoenix He removed to
 Califarnia, where he founded Christ | church, los Angeles. whose consre-
 gation included many emiSrdnts from
 southern Arizona. Among the laity who worked with Bishop Dunlop were
 Major Earl at Tombstone; Colonel H. C. Hodges. L. S. A.. at Fort Whip
 pie and Prescott; MT. Charles Hud- son. at Tucson: and Mir Ephralm J.
 Bennitt. Mir. Nathan A. Morford and J. Elliott Walker at Phoenix. Trin- ity church. Phoenix. our second church in Arizona. is to be placed to the credit of Bishop Dunlop's epis
 copate. He arranged for il. IL was built during the period between Bish- op Dunlop's death and the arrival of his successor. II
 Bishop Dunlop died March F, 1888 He was bishop of Arizona for nearly eight years. He left to his sue cessor in Arizona two church build ings, at Tombstone and Phoenix. and a rectory al Tombstone: property for i a future church at Tucson: three : more or less organ lzed. at Phoenix, Tombstone and Tue , son: one missionary. pr. Pearson, at Phoenix: and l76 communicants, ac- cording to reports, at Phoenix. Pres ( colt. Tucson. Tombstone, Bisbee. t Globe and Nogales. And besides this must be reckoned the underground ( work that he did. He laid founda- tions on which others have built.
 The present bishop of Arizona was f for New Mexico and Ari- l .ona at Trinity church. Columbus. ! Ohio. January IS, 1889 He retains l lis original field and Texas west of T he Pecos river has been added. c
 During the last twenty years C churches have been built in Arizona q tt Tucson. Prescott. Winslow. Bisbee. I Douglas, Nogales. Globe. and at Yuma q church is sufficiently far along to s iecure it's completion. With the { churches previously built at Tomb ' tone and Phoenix, we have ten r hurch buildings in the territory. ID
 When the present bishop reached
 his country he was confronted by il he problem of S5.000 Indians in New V .Iexico and Arizona, most of them in V Irizona. He soon became aware of l. he white mans sentiments that ln- W ian souls are hardly worth the say n ng. As these white men who thought W Q did not seem particularly anxious b bout their own souls, their opnion Il bout Indian souls seemed hardly | rorth considering At any rate. if \ he church would save it's own soul, D
 must try to have these Indians. We o ,uld not look at these 35.000 Indians q nd make no sign of interest. One Il hing led to another. and finally 1t e