02720nam 2200493 450 991079572080332120230919202805.01-64769-060-9(MiAaPQ)EBC29238950(Au-PeEL)EBL29238950(CKB)22209691100041(OCoLC)1321800449(MdBmJHUP)musev2_101984(EXLCZ)992220969110004120230919d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe last called Mormon colony polygamy, kinship, and wealth in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin /John Gary Maxwell1st ed.Salt Lake City, Utah :University of Utah Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (274 pages)Print version: Maxwell, John Gary The Last Called Mormon Colonization : University of Utah Press,c2021 9781647690595 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Latter Day Saint churchesBighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.)HistoryPolygamyReligious aspectsChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsBighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.)HistoryBighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.)ColoniesLatter Day Saint churchesHistory.PolygamyReligious aspectsChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.289.3787/4Maxwell John Gary1933-1536452MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795720803321The last called Mormon colony3785242UNINA