Latter-Day Saints in Tucson

Latter-Day Saints in Tucson PDF Author: Catherine H. Ellis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 073859637X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Book Description
The Sonoran Desert may seem an unlikely place for a farming community, but members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had perfected the art of irrigation in Utah, and in 1900, Nephi Bingham believed he could make the desert blossom even amid saguaros and creosote. Today, this heritage is celebrated with a monument to the 1846 entry of the Mormon Battalion and the first US flag flown over Tucson.