Interview with Roy Wilhelm, December 24, 1992

'''Roy''':  Yeah, course he pulled the deal with old what's his name.  Him and Flake bought the land, it was squatters right all around Concho.  The Mexicans had no idea those guys could make a go of it.  They just couldn't envision that they was going to move a lot of people in there and make a town, see.  They was just goin' to get what they could off of 'em and never see 'em again.  They didn't believe they could do anything.  So [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm|Grandpa]] was in on that.  [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm|Grandpa]] had used his homestead right up in Utah but he discovered this little cove up there, oh whats his name you been there  . . . and it appealed to 'em and they wanted it, so [[Lydia Hannah Draper|Grandma]].  I'm adding a lot here, details to make it clear.  I don't have any Wilhelm stuff to back that up, I do have a letter from two of the Apostles when the trouble come along, the polygamy.  Wrote (the Apostles) to [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm|Grandpa]] and both of 'em signed it and  advised him to take the [[Grace Tippett Jose|younger woman]] and go down on the border and get away from here so they couldn't pin polygamy on him.  And let [[Lydia Hannah Draper|Lydia]] stay there and prove up on her homestead and that's where I get this, otherwise he would, made himself a homestead, well he  . . .