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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...
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.
Feb 21, 2017 · There's an even larger collection of the 1953 Arizona law enforcement raid of Short Creek. Among the finds in that collection is a photo of then-Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of...
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.
Jun 21, 2018 · A July 1953 photo of Short Creek, Arizona, where government agents raided the polygamy community and arrested 36 fathers and removed many of the town's children.
Apr 5, 2023 · 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.
Town co-founder Joseph Smith Jessop, photographed by Loomis Dean during the raid. LIFE reported that Jessop had 22 children between the ages of 64 and 4, 112 grandchildren, and 147 great ...
