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
