Short Creek raid
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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, Arizon
The schoolhouse where the Mormon fundamentalists were during the raid.
Colorado City, Arizona
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Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. The population was 2,478 at the 2020 census. The Town of Colorado City, Arizona
Short Creek raid
…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. The Short Creek raid was the "largest mass arrest of polygamists in American history". Law enforcement arrested polygamist men and removed children…
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The landscape surrounding Colorado City in 2014
Colorado City, AZ/Hildale, UT Post Office
Mohave Community College North Mohave Campus