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Short Creek, Polygamy

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Title	Short Creek, Polygamy
Collection	Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
Identifier	39222001414031
Photo Number	14906
Publisher	Utah State Historical Society
Date of photograph	1953
Date.original	1953
Subject	Polygamy -- Arizona -- Colorado City -- History; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Fundamentalists); Mormons and Mormonism in Arizona; Police-community relations
Geopolitical place	Arizona; Mohave County; Short Creek
Comment	Short Creek, Arizona, was a town inhabited by people from Utah who chose to continue to practice polygamy after the LDS Church had renounced it in the 1890's. There was a surprise raid on the town by the Arizona government in 1953, during which all the women and children were taken into state custody and the men were prosecuted. The case against them was eventually dismissed and the polygamists were allowed to return home. In 1958 the name of the town was changed to Colorado City.
Rights management	Digital Image (c) 2004 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding institution	Utah State Historical Society
Relation	Classified Photo Collection, 979.1 Short Creek (Arizona)
Source format	Paper print
Source size	10 inches x 8 inches
Type	Image
Format.use	image/jpeg
Format.creation	Image scanned on Creo-Scitex Jazz+ Flatbed Scanner at TIFF: 800 ppi resolution and 8-bit grayscale. Dimensions are JPEG: 700 x 556 pixels.
Scanned by	Digital Technologies, Marriott Library, University of Utah

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