| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 251 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
A Primer on Latter-Day Saint polygamy -- Idealists among the pragmatists -- The Big Horn Basin as frontier -- Dispossession and Elimination -- Penury, depression, and overpopulation -- Five Woodruff men -- Whether "called" or volunteered, plans and progress follow -- Treks, trials, and finances -- Promises and accomplishments -- An Innocent in the Big Horn Basin? -- Polygamy among the colonists and its residual -- A Platform for polygamy's survival |
| Summary |
"In this manuscript, historian John Gary Maxwell explores the unique history of a Mormon colony founded in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin in 1900. Those who founded and settled the colony were seeking refuge from anti- polygamy laws and sentiments that for almost twenty years had dominated Utah culture and politics. Many in the colony's leadership were the sons of influential members of the church hierarchy, including Abraham Owen Woodruff, son of church president Wilford Woodruff"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 09, 2022) |
| Subject |
Latter Day Saint churches -- Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.) -- History
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Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Colonies
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Mormon Church
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Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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| SUBJECT |
Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.) -- History
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Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.) -- Colonies
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| Subject |
United States -- Bighorn Basin
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021042445 |
| ISBN |
1647690609 |
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9781647690601 |
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