The Polygamists: A History of Colorado City, Arizona

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Agreka Books, 2004 - 432 Seiten
What some of the people have been forced to endure in Colorado City is little different from living in a third world country. TEN-YEAR-OLD Benjamin Bistline moved with his parents to Short Creek (Colorado City), Arizona, in 1945 to join with a group of excommunicated Mormons who believed in honoring the law of polygamy as revealed by the Prophet Joseph Smith and instituted by Brigham Young. Mr. Bistline has compiled A DETAILED HISTORY of the significant events that shaped and sustained this community from the beginning. He tells of the shifts in power, changes in leadership philosophies, persecution from outside forces - and from within. Mr. Bistline's goal in writing this history is to reveal that the original leadership structure of a Council of men holding common and balancing power has slowly descended into a ONE-MAN TYRANNICAL RULE over the people. Bistline has observed: 1) Older men being taught to take CHILD BRIDES before the girls are attracted to boys their own age. 2) BOYS DRIVEN OUT of the community for competing with older men for wives. 3) Plural wives expected to apply for WELFARE as single mothers. 4) Men out of favor are "EVICTED" from their homes with their wives and children reassigned to a more compliant man. 5) Community members AFRAID TO DISOBEY the "Prophet" out of fear for their eternal salvation. RESIDENT HISTORIAN Ben Bistline is recognized as the most credible and knowledgeable source of information about Colorado City. He knows more about the people, their motives, their family connections, their religion, their strengths and their weaknesses than any other pundit. Mr. Bistline is contacted by media and the press from all across the country, and has appeared on CNN and Dateline NBC.
 

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Short Creek
19
The United Effort Plan
45
Notes To Chapter Two
69
The Infamous Short Creek Raid
87
The United Effort Plan Revitalized
111
Notes To Chapter Four
133
The Barlow Conspiracy
165
Evicting the Faithful
189
The United Effort Plan Lawsuit
257
Each Side Speaks Out
301
Priesthood Shenanigans
317
Final Judgment In The UEP Lawsuit
351
Dramatic Changes
383
Threats of Violence in 2004
405
Bibliography
419
Urheberrecht

The Priesthood Split
217

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Ben Bistline is recognized as the most credible and knowledgeable source of information when it comes to polygamy and Colorado City and all its history. Ben was there as it all happened. An energetic man in his early seventies who was raised in Colorado City, he was one of the men who opposed the one-man-rule of Rulon Jeffs and the stranglehold of the United Effort Plan (UEP). Ben is not a polygamist, but is an active member of the LDS Church. He knows more about the people, their motives, their family connections, their religion, their strengths and their weaknesses than any other pundit. The history of Colorado City and its people, the conditions that drove devout Mormons to a desolate desert, is important to Utah and Arizona history.

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