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Short Creek Community. / 36.98944°N 112.97806°W / 36.98944; -112.97806. The Short Creek Community (now Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah ), founded in 1913, began as a small ranching town in the Arizona Strip. [ 1] In the 1930s it was settled by Mormon fundamentalists .
YFZ Ranch. Coordinates: 30.9215°N 100.5348°W. The FLDS temple in the YFZ Ranch. The Yearning for Zion Ranch, or the YFZ Ranch, [ 1] was a 1,700-acre (690-hectare) Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) community of as many as 700 people, located near Eldorado in Schleicher County, Texas, United States.
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (abbreviated to FLDS and not to be confused with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is a religious sect of the fundamentalist Mormon denominations [ 3][ 4] whose members practice polygamy. [ 5] It is variously defined as a cult, a sect, or a new religious movement.
The Mormon culture region generally follows the path of the Rocky Mountains of North America, with most of the population clustered in the United States. Beginning in Utah, the corridor extends northward through western Wyoming and eastern Idaho to parts of Montana and the deep south regions of the Canadian province of Alberta.
July 26, 1953. ( 1953-07-26) Location. Short Creek Community. The Short Creek raid was an Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists that took place on the morning of July 26, 1953, at Short Creek, Arizona. The Short Creek raid was the "largest mass arrest of polygamists in American ...
Colorado City (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ r eɪ d ə / KOL-ə-RAY-də) [5] is a city in and the county seat of Mitchell County, Texas, United States. [6] Its population was 3,991 at the 2020 census . History
A Mormon leader first asked permission for members of the persecuted faith to settle in Texas in 1844. There were 28 Mormons in Fort Worth in 1920. Soon they will build a 30,000-square-foot temple
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) operates 449 missions [ 1] throughout the world, as of June 2024. Most are named after the location of the mission headquarters, usually a specific city. The geographical area a mission actually covers is typically much larger than the name may indicate; most areas of the world are ...