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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, Arizona.
Apr 16, 2008 · In 1953, Arizona law-enforcement officials descended on the Short Creek community on the Arizona-Utah border and took nearly 400 Mormon fundamentalists, including 236 children, into custody.
Feb 21, 2017 · There are photos of the 1944 polygamy trials in Salt Lake City. There's an even larger collection of the 1953 Arizona law enforcement raid of Short Creek.
Apr 20, 2014 · 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...
Sep 21, 2022 · 1953 — In a move that Short Creek residents say left the community scarred for decades afterward, Arizona law enforcement officials move on Colorado City in a massive raid, taking nearly 400...
Jul 15, 2021 · 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.
Jun 24, 2019 · In 1953, Arizona governor John Howard Pyle ordered a raid on Short Creek, which was funded through a bill called Operation Seagull that described its purpose as grasshopper control.
Jul 26, 2018 · On July 26, 1953, the Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona National Guard conducted a raid on an enclave of fundamentalist Mormons at Short Creek, Arizona, an enormous law enforcement effort that netted about 400 people taken into custody, including men, women and children.
Apr 16, 2008 · In 1953, Arizona law-enforcement officials descended on the Short Creek community on the Arizona-Utah border and took nearly 400 Mormon fundamentalists, including 236 children, into custody.
May 12, 2006 · Shortly before dawn on July 26, a raiding party of about 120 law enforcement officers -- state Highway Patrol, sheriff’s deputies and liquor control agents -- descended on the community,...
