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Led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lassen Peter Lassen] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Roop Isaac Roop], they met in "mass convention" 26 April 1856 at Roop's house. Their main purpose was to draw up land division rules for their valley, and to promote it. In the process the convention wrote, "Inasmuch as Honey Lake Valley is not within the limits of California, the same is declared a new territory . . . the said territory to be named Nataqua . . ." They went on to define a rectangle shaped territory by latitude and longitude which technically did ''not'' include their own valley, but did encompass most of what soon became western Nevada. About 600 residents of future Nevada mostly in Carson Valley were apparently unaware of the Honey Lake Valley "convention."<ref>Davis, 225.</ref> | Led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lassen Peter Lassen] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Roop Isaac Roop], they met in "mass convention" 26 April 1856 at Roop's house. Their main purpose was to draw up land division rules for their valley, and to promote it. In the process the convention wrote, "Inasmuch as Honey Lake Valley is not within the limits of California, the same is declared a new territory . . . the said territory to be named Nataqua . . ." They went on to define a rectangle shaped territory by latitude and longitude which technically did ''not'' include their own valley, but did encompass most of what soon became western Nevada. About 600 residents of future Nevada mostly in Carson Valley were apparently unaware of the Honey Lake Valley "convention."<ref>Davis, 225.</ref> | ||
In the summer of 1857 most Latter-day Saints in Carson Valley and the Sierra Nevada east slope hurried off to defend [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]] from an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War invasion by the U.S. Army]. The time was ripe for the remnant non- | In the summer of 1857 most Latter-day Saints in Carson Valley and the Sierra Nevada east slope hurried off to defend [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]] from an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War invasion by the U.S. Army]. The time was ripe for the remnant non-Latter-day Saint residents of the east slope to double their efforts to exert independence from both [[California, United States Genealogy|California]] and [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]]. | ||
A new convention on 8 August 1857 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa,_Nevada Genoa] (formerly Mormon Station) petitioned Congress for the creation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Territory Nevada Territory], and absorbed the Nataqua movement by making it a county in the proposed territory. On 3 October 1857 the Honey Valley residents in convention stated to California again asserting they were not part of California. Also they agreed to throw in their lot with the Genoa convention by requesting inclusion in the Nevada Territory. Nevertheless, the U.S. Congress dragged its feet and delayed immediate recognition of the proposed Nevada Territory. California continued to consider Honey Valley within its jurisdiction.<ref>Davis, 228-29.</ref> | A new convention on 8 August 1857 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa,_Nevada Genoa] (formerly Mormon Station) petitioned Congress for the creation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Territory Nevada Territory], and absorbed the Nataqua movement by making it a county in the proposed territory. On 3 October 1857 the Honey Valley residents in convention stated to California again asserting they were not part of California. Also they agreed to throw in their lot with the Genoa convention by requesting inclusion in the Nevada Territory. Nevertheless, the U.S. Congress dragged its feet and delayed immediate recognition of the proposed Nevada Territory. California continued to consider Honey Valley within its jurisdiction.<ref>Davis, 228-29.</ref> | ||