The Short Creek raid was an Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists that took place on the...
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troops into the settlement to stop polygamy in what became known as the Short Creek raid. The two-year legal battle that followed became a public relations...
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Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (category Articles with short description)
The Short Creek raid was the largest mass arrest of polygamists in American history, and it received a great deal of press coverage. After the raid, polygamists...
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the 1953 Short Creek raid that had occurred in Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, United States, collectively known as "Short Creek," a community...
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Tom Green (polygamist) (category Articles with short description)
at age 72 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Utah. Polygamy Polygyny Short Creek raid Legal status of polygamy List of polygamy court cases "Utah polygamist...
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groups the Short Creek raid, a 1953 Arizona state police and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists in the Short Creek Community...
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Colorado City, Arizona (redirect from Short Creek, Arizona)
troops into the settlement to stop polygamy in what became known as the Short Creek raid. The two-year legal battle that followed became a public relations...
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YFZ Ranch (redirect from YFZ Ranch raid)
siblings. She stated that the actions in Texas were unlike the 1953 Short Creek raid in Arizona. Jessop had been in Texas the prior month at a speaking...
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Council of Friends (Woolley) (category Articles with short description)
notorious for the practice of polygamy due to media coverage during the Short Creek raids of 1945 and 1953. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
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Carolyn Jessop (category Articles with short description)
She stated her opinion that the action in Texas was unlike the 1953 Short Creek raid in Arizona. On April 8 she was interviewed by the NBC Today Show regarding...
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