LEADER 02720nam 2200493 450 001 9910795720803321 005 20230919202805.0 010 $a1-64769-060-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29238950 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29238950 035 $a(CKB)22209691100041 035 $a(OCoLC)1321800449 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_101984 035 $a(EXLCZ)9922209691100041 100 $a20230919d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe last called Mormon colony $epolygamy, kinship, and wealth in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin /$fJohn Gary Maxwell 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSalt Lake City, Utah :$cUniversity of Utah Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (274 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Maxwell, John Gary The Last Called Mormon Colonization : University of Utah Press,c2021 9781647690595 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA 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. 330 $a"In this manuscript, historian John Gary Maxwell explores the unique history of a Mormon colony founded in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin in 1900. Those who founded and settled the colony were seeking refuge from anti- polygamy laws and sentiments that for almost twenty years had dominated Utah culture and politics. Many in the colony's leadership were the sons of influential members of the church hierarchy, including Abraham Owen Woodruff, son of church president Wilford Woodruff"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aLatter Day Saint churches$zBighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.)$xHistory 606 $aPolygamy$xReligious aspects$xChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 607 $aBighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.)$xHistory 607 $aBighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.)$xColonies 615 0$aLatter Day Saint churches$xHistory. 615 0$aPolygamy$xReligious aspects$xChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 676 $a289.3787/4 700 $aMaxwell$b John Gary$f1933-$01536452 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795720803321 996 $aThe last called Mormon colony$93785242 997 $aUNINA