M. Guy Bishop

M. Guy Bishop, Woods Cross, Utah.

Local History, Well Done | Brigham D. Madsen, Corinne: The Gentile Capital of Utah

Articles/Essays – Volume 14, No. 3

According to a myth which circulated in Utah during the 1870s, Brigham Young had placed a curse on the town of Corinne and prophesied that the community’s ungodly existence would be short-lived. In Corinne: The…

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Mormonism from the Top Down | Gordon Shepherd and Gary Shepherd, A Kingdom Transformed: Themes in the Development of Mormonism

Articles/Essays – Volume 19, No. 1

A Kingdom Transformed is required reading for anyone who may feel that statistical analysis can make only negligible contributions to the study of Mormon history and culture. Those who were already believers in the value…

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After Sutter’s Mill: The Life of Henry Bigler, 1848-1900

Articles/Essays – Volume 20, No. 1

Henry William Bigler marched west with the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican War (1846-47) and by January 1848 was an employee of Johann Sutter, constructing a saw mill on the American River northeast of Sacra…

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History for the People: Utah: A People’s History by Dean May

Articles/Essays – Volume 22, No. 1

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“What Has Become of Our Fathers?” Baptism for the Dead at Nauvoo

Articles/Essays – Volume 23, No. 2

Dialogue 23.2 (Summer 1990): 85–97
Chronicling the history  of baptizing for the dead during the Nauvoo Period, this article introduces the practice from the first baptizers to how it was altered after Joseph Smith’s death.

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A New Synthesis: Exiles in a Land of Liberty: Mormons in America, 1830-1846 by Kenneth H. Winn

Articles/Essays – Volume 24, No. 3

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“In Obedience There Is Peace and Joy Unspotted”: Solemn Covenant: The Mormon Polygamous Passage by B. Carmon Hardy

Articles/Essays – Volume 26, No. 2

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Celebrating Utah’s Centennial: Charter for Statehood: The Story of Utah’s State Constitution by Jean Bickmore White

Articles/Essays – Volume 32, No. 1

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The Life of a Controversial Biographer: Fawn McKay Brodie: A Biographer’s Life by Newell G. Bringhurst

Articles/Essays – Volume 33, No. 2

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Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, by Will Bagley

Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 3

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A New Look at Old Sites on Mountain Meadows: Historical Topography, by Morris A. Shirts and Frances Anne Smeath

Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 4

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