Publication: Archaeology Southwest, Vol. 19, No.2
Author: Alan Ferg
Date of Publication: 2005
PDF File: Ferg-Obed-Death-of-a-Mormon-Colony.pdf
Description
An apparently ideal location turned dangerous not long after the Mormon colonists chose the site on which to build the Obed Fort in 1876. The site was located next to two freshwater springs feeding a lush cienega, full of cattails and fish, that the Mormon colonists named Obed Meadow.