Item Detail
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14033
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English
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Zion Valley : The Mormon Origins of St. John, Kansas
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Kansas History
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Summer 2001
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24
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98-117
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William Bickerton, an immigrant coal miner, joined Sidney Rigdon's Church of Christ faction in Pennsylvania in about 1845. In disagreement with Rigdon about his communitarian exploits, Bickerton began his own church which was incorporated in Pittsburgh in 1865. He gained a following and desired to preach his interpretation of the restored gospel to the Indians. Toward that end in 1875, he established a colony, called Zion Valley in Stafford County, Kansas. The colony prospered and attracted settlers who merely wanted to farm. In 1879, the settlement name was changed to St. John and became the county seat
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