Farmington, New Mexico

First settled 1876 to 1878 by families of William and Marion B. Hendrickson, Charles and Milton Virden, Orville Pyle, A.F. Miller and William Lock. The first school-house was built in 1879; the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1886. William Lock started the fruit industry. When Latter-day Saints moved into this community, Camera B. Palmer, Sarah Jensen and Lydia S. Wade held Sunday School in their homes until an organization of a branch was effected in 1930. The ward was organized in 1932.