Polygamy on the Pedernales : Lyman Wight's Mormon Villages in Antebellum Texas 1845-1858 / / Melvin C. Johnson.
In the wake of Joseph Smith Jr.'s murder in 1844, his following splintered, and some allied themselves with a maverick Mormon apostle, Lyman Wight. Sometimes called the ""Wild Ram of Texas,"" Wight took his splinter group to frontier Texas, a destination to which Smith, befo...
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Johnson, Melvin C., 1949- Polygamy on the Pedernales Lyman Wight's Mormon Villages in Antebellum Texas 1845-1858 / Melvin C. Johnson. Utah State University, University Libraries 2006 Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, 2006. ©2006. 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file rda In the wake of Joseph Smith Jr.'s murder in 1844, his following splintered, and some allied themselves with a maverick Mormon apostle, Lyman Wight. Sometimes called the ""Wild Ram of Texas,"" Wight took his splinter group to frontier Texas, a destination to which Smith, before his murder, had considered moving his followers, who were increasingly unwelcome in the Midwest. He had instructed Wight to take a small band of church members from Wisconsin to establish a Texas colony that would prepare the ground for a mass migration of the membership. Having received these orders directly from Smi-- Also available in print form. English Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-223) and index. Description based on print version record. -- Militant Mormonism on the American frontier -- The wild ram strays from the fold -- Gone to Texas -- Frontier Mormonism in the Texas hill country -- Bishop George Miller and zodiac : 1848-1849 -- Cutting the wild ram from the flock -- Independent Mormonism in antebellum Texas -- Polygamy and a temple on the pedernales -- The Mormon Millers of Hamilton Valley -- The Mormon cowboys of Bandera County -- The way of all flesh. Texas Church history. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Texas History. Wight, Lyman. Electronic books. 0-87421-627-3 0-87421-628-1 |
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Polygamy on the Pedernales Lyman Wight's Mormon Villages in Antebellum Texas 1845-1858 / |
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-- Militant Mormonism on the American frontier -- The wild ram strays from the fold -- Gone to Texas -- Frontier Mormonism in the Texas hill country -- Bishop George Miller and zodiac : 1848-1849 -- Cutting the wild ram from the flock -- Independent Mormonism in antebellum Texas -- Polygamy and a temple on the pedernales -- The Mormon Millers of Hamilton Valley -- The Mormon cowboys of Bandera County -- The way of all flesh. |
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1-283-28346-8 9786613283467 0-87421-532-3 0-87421-627-3 0-87421-628-1 |
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