How Polygamy Almost Destroyed the Mormon Church



How Mormons created Utah so quickly
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PART 1: https://youtu.be/hUW7j9GmXjI?si=8ryRJVONVYxmTtXu

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Joseph Smith founded the LDS Church and this is the story of what followed: how mormons planned to expand into the west, how other prophets rose up and polygamy took over, the tension between them and the US government, and finally, how Utah came to be. This is part two of a three part series.

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– Jon Cox, for sharing your insight on Utah history.
– Paul Reeve, for his contribution to this story https://faculty.utah.edu/u0033169-W._PAUL_REEVE/hm/index.hml

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— VIDEO CHAPTERS —
00:00 INTRO
01:34 GOING WEST
04:15 BUILDING
12:44 POLYGAMY
16:59 THE UTAH WAR
18:56 THE GOVERNMENT V. THE MORMONS
21:05 CONCLUSION
23:22 CREDITS

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Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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