Date of Award

2006

Document Type

Thesis: Open Access

Degree Name

MA History

Department

History

Committee Chair

Iris Engstrand, Ph.D., Chair

Committee Member

Colin Fisher, Ph.D.

Abstract

This thesis compares California's three mid nineteenth-century Mormon settlements their origins, purpose, and ultimate abandonment. I argue that despite their common bond of faith, these three settlements differed tremendously because they were created for distinct reasons and at a perplexing time in the Mormons history.

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