Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Wilford, Arizona was a town in Navajo County, Arizona located approximately seven miles south of Heber. During the 1880s discouraged Little Colorado River settlers began to move to the forests of the Mogollon Rim. The town of Wilford was settled in April of 1883 by a group of Latter-day Saints from the failed Brigham City settlement. Originally called "Adam's Valley", after founder (Jerome Jefferson Adams), the name was changed to "Wilford" at a Quarterly Stake Conference in August of 1883. The settlement consisted primarily of single room cabins. Farming and cattle ranching were the primary way of life. The Edmunds Act of 1882, led the LDS Church to counsel polygamists to move south to Mexico in February of 1885. Nearly half of Wilford's population was lost to the migration. The following year, gentile (non-Mormon) families and Hashknife Cowboys began to move into the area, forever changing the atmosphere. Due to years of overgrazing by the cattle of the Aztec Land and Cattle Company, driven by the Hashknife outfit, most of the grassy meadows became eroded washes. A number of residents abandoned the settlement at this time. By 1888, Wilford ceased being a town; then consisting of sparely populated ranches. The last residents moved out in 1926. Today, loose rock foundations are the only physical evidence of the former settlement.. }
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- Wilford,_Arizona abstract "Wilford, Arizona was a town in Navajo County, Arizona located approximately seven miles south of Heber. During the 1880s discouraged Little Colorado River settlers began to move to the forests of the Mogollon Rim. The town of Wilford was settled in April of 1883 by a group of Latter-day Saints from the failed Brigham City settlement. Originally called "Adam's Valley", after founder (Jerome Jefferson Adams), the name was changed to "Wilford" at a Quarterly Stake Conference in August of 1883. The settlement consisted primarily of single room cabins. Farming and cattle ranching were the primary way of life. The Edmunds Act of 1882, led the LDS Church to counsel polygamists to move south to Mexico in February of 1885. Nearly half of Wilford's population was lost to the migration. The following year, gentile (non-Mormon) families and Hashknife Cowboys began to move into the area, forever changing the atmosphere. Due to years of overgrazing by the cattle of the Aztec Land and Cattle Company, driven by the Hashknife outfit, most of the grassy meadows became eroded washes. A number of residents abandoned the settlement at this time. By 1888, Wilford ceased being a town; then consisting of sparely populated ranches. The last residents moved out in 1926. Today, loose rock foundations are the only physical evidence of the former settlement.".