The Last Called Mormon Colonization Polygamy, Kinship, and Wealth in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin

Book

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

The Last Called Mormon Colonization Polygamy, Kinship, and Wealth in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin

Description

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.

Book Details

Author

Maxwell, John Gary,1933-aut

Place Published

City

Salt Lake City, UT

Date Published

2022

Publication Subjects

Latter Day Saint churches Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.) History Polygamy Religious aspects Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Polygamie Aspect religieux Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours Colonies Mormon Church Polygamy Religious aspects Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.) History Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.) Colonies Bighorn, Bassin (Mont. et Wyom.) Histoire Bighorn, Bassin (Mont. et Wyom.) Colonies United States Bighorn Basin History

Call No.

BX8615.W8 M39 2022