Far West as a Heaven on Earth - Miraculous Abundance and Blessing

When George Washington Gill Averett and his family emigrated to Caldwell County, Missouri in 1837 and settled near Far West, they found a land that seemed to be heaven itself. The country teemed with blessings—a convenient range of a thousand acres of grass, fertile prairie suitable for mowing, abundant honey, deer, turkeys, quails, and streams teeming with fish. There were beautiful groves of timber and wild fruits and nuts too numerous to mention. Most remarkably, everything they planted and cultivated seemed to grow and prosper abundantly. His father rented some corn that had been planted before arrival and raised some of the best corn ever seen on sod land. The land also provided the very best spring water in abundance. Young George rejoiced exceedingly in this land of Zion, recognizing it as a miraculous divine blessing and manifestation of God's care for His people.