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13 TABLE 1 STATISTICS OF POPULATION AND DATE OF FOUNDING OF RANDOMLY SELECTED MORMON COMMUNITIES IN THE CONTIGUOUS ZONE Community P o p u la tio n 1900 1960 Year Founded 1 ,0 3 9 1,48 6 1851 Kanosh, Utah 665 499 1859 E l s i n o r e , Utah 625 483 1864 2 ,3 7 2 1,57 2 1852 C o a l v i l l e , U tah 808 907 1858 W i l l a r d , Utah 580 814 1851 1 ,6 5 2 1,728 1860 906 746 1863 Parow an, Utah Mt. P l e a s a n t , Utah Hyrum, Utah P a ris, Idaho f l o o r p l a n s , c o n s t r u c t i o n m a t e r i a l s , fa c a d e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , r o o f s t r u c t u r e s , chimney and d oo r p la c e m e n ts , and o t h e r d e t a i l s ; much o f t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n was c o d i f i e d i n t h e f i e l d . A d d i t i o n a l l y , d e t a i l e d s k e t c h e s and p h o to g ra p h s were made o f a l a r g e number o f t h e 370 h o u s e s r e c o r d e d i n t h e e i g h t com­ m u n itie s. I n t e r v i e w s were c o n d u c te d among s c o r e s o f i n d i ­ v i d u a l s i n c l u d i n g t h e o c c u p a n ts o f t h e h o u se s th e m s e lv e s , e l d e r l y r e s i d e n t s , and l e a r n e d i n d i v i d u a l s . I t is b e lie v ed t h a t t h e s e p r o c e d u r e s p r o v id e d a r e l i a b l e c r o s s s e c t i o n of t h e r e l a t i v e im p o r ta n c e o f e a c h o f t h e m ajor b u i l d i n g m a t e r i a l s and e a c h o f t h e most common h ouse ty p e p a t t e r n s o c c u r r i n g i n a l l p a r t s o f t h e c o n tig u o u s s e t t l e m e n t zone. F ie ld w o rk was n o t c o n f i n e d t o t h e s u r v e y in g o f th e s e e ig h t c o m m u n itie s . O b s e r v a t i o n s , p h o to g r a p h s , and i n t e r v i e w s Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.