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The Mormon Landscape in Southern Alberta
One of the core books on Mormon settlement is The Mormon Landscape by Richard Francaviglia. It examines the distinctive patterns used by Mormons in settling the Western United States. In his research, he examined hundreds of settlements across the intermountain west looking for features that were common to places settled by Latter-day Saints and he […]
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Taber
In May 1903 a group of land seekers from Utah set out from Stirling and explored land as far east as Medicine Hat. This group included William Hull, his sons, Thomas, James, and John as well as C. Sherwood. On June 9th they staked out property and filed claims on land adjacent to a CPR water […]
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The History of Mormon Settlements in Canada
I grew up in Stirling, Alberta, Canada. It is one of many communities in a region now known as Canada’s Mormon Trail. The area was settled in the late 19th and early 20th century by Mormon immigrants coming from the Western United States. It wasn’t until I lived outside of the “Trail” that I started […]
