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Mormons: see Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of, name of the church founded (1830) at Fayette, N.Y., by Joseph Smith . The headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah. Its members, now numbering about 5 million in the United States (1997), are commonly called Mormons. ..... Click the link for more information. . Mormons religious sect; once advocated plural marriage. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1833] See : Polygamy How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It was eight o'clock when the train passed through the defiles of the Humboldt Range, and half-past nine when it penetrated Utah, the region of the Great Salt Lake, the singular colony of the Mormons. The Mormons hadn't got bad yet, and they were good to us. |
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