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Journal Article

English

Aird, Polly

Escape from Zion : The United States Army Escort of Mormon Apostates, 1859

Nevada Historical Society Quarterly

Fall 2001

44

2001

196-237

Approximately forty apostate Mormon families desirous of leaving Utah were escorted by Army troops from Camp Floyd in 1859 north via the Salt Lake Cutoff to the California Trail and as far west as just beyond today's Winnemucca, Nevada. The author describes the social and religious climate in Utah that caused these apostate Mormons to fear for their safety. Appendixes at the conclusion of the article give biographical sketches of the Army officers in the escort and a copy of the trail guide created in the report

Dissent and dissenters, 19th century

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Epilogue to the Utah War : Impact and Legacy
Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector : A Scottish Immigrant in the American West, 1848-1861
Playing with Shadows : Voices of Dissent in the Mormon West