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Dalton
DALTON was the name of a small L. D. S. settlement commenced about 1864 by John Dalton and half a dozen other men with their families on the north side of the Rio Virgen, about a mile and a half above Virgin City, now in Washington County, Utah. Some little farming and ditching was done, but the settlement only existed about two years, when it was abandoned because of Indian troubles, and for other reasons, and has never since been re-settled. At the time of its existence the few saints who had located at Dalton were members of the Virgin Ward, where they still belong.
Daly City Ward
DALY CITY WARD, San Francisco Stake, San Mateo Co., California, consisted of Latter-day Saints residing in Daly City and vicinity. Daly City is about seven miles south of the center of San Francisco, being almost a suburb of that city. Meetings and Sunday school sessions were held in the Eagles Hall, No. 276 Mission Street, Daly City, in 1928.
When the San Francisco Stake of Zion was organized July 10, 1927, the saints residing in and near Daly City were organized as a bishop’s ward, with Nephi J. Bott as Bishop. This ward organization was continued less than two years, as we find it recorded that Bishop Bott and his counselors were released April 21, 1929, and the Daly City Ward discontinued, and its members added to Balboa Ward. Bishop Bott removed to Utah. (See Balboa Ward.)
Damron Valley
DAMRON VALLEY, St. George Stake, Washington Co., Utah, is a small valley lying north of St. George, between that place and Pine Valley. In 1859 a herd ground, eight miles square, was granted by Washington County court to Robert D. Covington, on condition that said grant should not conflict or interfere with any rights of other settlers. Damron Valley is noted as a fine grazing country.
Daniel Ward
DANIEL WARD, Wasatch Stake, Wasatch Co., Utah, consists of Latter-day Saints residing on Daniels Creek and vicinity—a part of Provo Valley lying southeast of Heber City. Some of the families reside in Daniels Creek Canyon and others in the open valley, [p.170] nearly all in a scattered condition. The meeting house, or the center of the ward, is situated at the mouth of Daniels Creek Canyon, four miles southeast of Heber. The people are nearly all Latter-day Saint farmers and stock raisers, and the farms are irrigated principally from Daniels Creek, which rises in the mountains southeast of Provo Valley.
Daniel Ward may be considered an outgrowth of Center Ward, of which it constituted a part for several years. The first settler in that part of Provo Valley now included in Daniel Ward was William Samuel Bethers, who located on Daniels Creek in March, 1874, and built a log house at the mouth of Daniels Creek Canyon. Other settlers arrived soon afterwards, and as early as 1885 they were organized into a branch of the Church with Joseph Jacob as presiding Elder. He was succeeded in 1888 by John P. Jordan, who presided until Nov. 20, 1898, when the saints residing on Daniels Creek were separated from the Center Ward and organized into a separate bishop’s ward, with Patrick Henry McGuire as Bishop. He was succeeded in 1916 by Joseph C. McDonald, who in 1929 was succeeded by Joseph A. Orgill, who presided Dec. 31, 1930. On that date the Daniel Ward had 301 members, including 68 children. The total population of the Daniel Precinct was 315 in 1930.