Item Detail
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English
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The Tintic War of 1856 : A Study of Several Conflicts
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Journal of Mormon History
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July 2016
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42
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3
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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35-68
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Historians have used the word "microanalysis" to describe the careful study of a small or short-lived event to describe larger issues. This essay adopts a similar approach. At first glance, the largely forgotten Tintic Indian War of February and March 1856 was over quickly and may not seem very important...yet the event was more important than these facts suggest. The Tintic War reminds us of the force of climate in human activity - how a seasonal drought and a subsequent famine could bring on raids and skirmishes...the Tintic War reveals the tension between Mormon leaders and the "outsider" territorial officers that Washington sent to Utah. [From the text]
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