Short Creek Community - Wikipedia
The Short Creek Community (now Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah), founded in 1913, began as a small ranching town in the Arizona Strip. [1] In the 1930s it was settled by Mormon fundamentalists.
From Polygamous Refuge To Tourist Town: Residents Adapt To …
2021年7月15日 — The community of Short Creek — made up of the twin towns of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona — lies at the shrubby base of a red-walled desert mountain called El Capitan. For generations, the dramatic and isolated landscape on the Utah-Arizona border has been a refuge for people who practice polygamy.
The polygamous town facing genetic disaster - BBC
2017年7月26日 — Today the number of people carrying the fumarase gene in Short Creek is thought to be in the thousands. The FLDS are not alone. Today polygyny is more widespread in Africa than any other...
Timeline: Turning points in 'Short Creek' history - The Spectrum
2022年9月21日 — "Short Creek", as residents call the border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, was for decades steered by the tight control of a select group of polygamous religious leaders.
Short Creek raid - Wikipedia
The Short Creek raid was an Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists that took place on the morning of July 26, 1953, at Short Creek, Arizona.
A real estate boom transforms a community with a polygamist past
2022年6月14日 — Not so long ago, Short Creek was a haven for polygamists and headquarters of one of America's most extreme religious sects. Now women hold political office.
An FLDS Community Forges an Identity Beyond the Abuse - The Ringer
2019年6月24日 — With a population of roughly 8,000 between the two cities, there’s also new crime every day in Short Creek—thefts and sexual assault and burglary and especially vandalism.
Short Creek: A Notorious 1953 Raid on a Polygamist Town | TIME
2014年4月20日 — J ust before dawn on July 26, 1953, Arizona law enforcement launched what has since become known as the Short Creek Raid: the arrest of men and women in an isolated community of Mormon...
Polygamy on the State Line - Short Creek Settlement
2023年4月5日 — Short Creek was an isolated fundamentalist Mormon intentional community where locals practiced polygamy and communalism. It drew public attention due to a government raid in the 1950s and the imprisonment of its leader in the 2000s.
Unfinished: Short Creek - The New Yorker
September 25, 2020. Illustration by Mike Reddy. Ash Sanders and Sarah Ventre, the hosts of the series “Unfinished: Short Creek,” from Witness Docs and Critical Frequency, spent four and a half...