Smith, Lot
Biographical notes:
Lot Smith (1830-1892) was member of the Mormon Battalion and led a colonization mission in northern Arizona.
Lot Smith was born in 1830 in Oswego County, New York, to William O. Smith and Rhoda Hough Smith. He marched to California in 1846-7 as the youngest member of the Mormon Battalion. In 1857, he led a militia force against Johnson’s army. In 1876, he led a colonization mission in northern Arizona. The online Utah History Encyclopedia says, “During his last years, relations with his Indian neighbors became increasingly tense as the rangeland around Tuba City was overgrazed.” In 1892, Smith was killed in a gun fight with a Navajo because of this grazing dilemma.
From the guide to the Lot Smith accounts, 1862, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
Major in the Utah Militia; President of the Little Colorado Latter-day Saint Church Stake, Arizona Territory; member of the Utah Territorial legislature.
From the guide to the Lot Smith papers, 1856-1892, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
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