| Title |
Short Creek Wife |
| Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
| File Name |
39222000588504 |
| Photo Number |
14979 |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date of Photograph |
1953 |
| Date |
1953 |
| Subject |
Polygamy -- Arizona -- Colorado City -- History; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Fundamentalists); Latter Day Saints in Arizona; Police-community relations |
| Spatial Coverage |
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 |
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 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6m61snk |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
431026 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m61snk |
