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    1. [HANDCART-L] Teeples 1803
    2. Ronald Colby
    3. George Bentley Teeples b. March 17 1803 was married 7 times Wife one: Huldah Colby know who this lady is Wife two: Joanna Case Warden does anyone have anything on her Wife three: Eunice Colby would like to know who this lady is and her ancestry. George, Huldah and Joanna had some children born at Fort Supply. Did a little checking and found some info on Fort Supply FYI Fort Supply Fort Supply was a temporary settlement of the Saints located between Willow Creek and Smith's Fork of Green River in what is now known as Unita County, Wyoming, but which at that time was called Green River County, Utah. The fort was 12 miles south of Fort Bridger. In 1853 Apostle Orson Hyde was called by the Church Authorities to take a number of families and locate a settlement on Green River or on one of the tributaries of that stream for the purpose of raising grain which could be turned into flour for the benefit of the incoming Latter-day Saints. It was done as an experiment, for if wheat could be raised in that high altitude, and food thus provided for the emigrants, it would save hauling flour and other necessities from Salt Lake City east to meet the emigrant companies. Two distinct companies were called to settle near Fort Bridger. The first left Salt Lake City November 2, 1853, in charge of Capt. John Nebeker and the second left November 16, 1853, under the leadership of Capt. Isaac Bullock. The two companies joined forces and located a settlement which they called Fort Supply on Willow Creek, a tributary of Smith's Fork of Green River, about two miles above the confluence of Smith's Fork and Willow Creek. These pioneers built houses and made other improvements at once and raised their first crop in 1854. A better crop was raised in 1855, and in 1856 a number of other families were called from the older settlements in Utah to strengthen the pioneer colony of Fort Supply. The experiment of raising wheat in that high altitude proved a success and the settlement, though experiencing hardship and some trouble with the Indians, promised a good future up to the fall of 1857 when both Fort Bridger and Fort Supply were burned because of the Johnsto! n Army troubles. Fort Supply was never resettled and at present only traces of the old fort are left in the shape of stumps sticking from the ground marking the outlines of the original fort.

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