Bibliography on The History of Polygamy

Some of the best historical information has been published by the Utah State Historical Society. Published by the Utah State Historical Society: Beehive History, vol. 1-27. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society. History Blazer, Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1995–96. Utah Historical Quarterly, vol. 1-69. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1928–2001. Utah Centennial County History …

Justice Charles S. Zane and The Antipolygamy “Crusade”

Jeffrey D. Nichols History Blazer, September 1995 The struggle between federal authorities and the LDS church over the issue of polygamy reached its fiercest stage in the late 1880s. A key figure in this controversy was Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Shuster Zane, during whose tenure hundreds of persons were convicted of illegal cohabitation or polygamy. Zane was a powerful character …

Ruth May Fox, Forgotten Suffragist

Linda Thatcher History Blazer, October 1995 In Utah’s history there have been many important women of whom little has been written; one such person is Ruth May Fox. Besides raising 12 children, she was active in the Utah Woman’s Press Club (president), the Reaper’s Club, the Utah Woman Suffrage Association (treasurer), the Salt Lake County Republican Committee, the Second Precinct …

Woman Suffrage Dominated Politics in Utah

Yvette D. Ison History Blazer January 1995 The debate over woman suffrage dominated politics in Utah throughout the 1890s. Though the issue was raging throughout the United States, Utah’s historic background created unique concerns and attitudes towards the debate. Unlike other states and territories, Utah had legalized woman suffrage with territorial legislation in 1870. When Congress passed the Edmunds-Tucker Act …

Women’s Suffrage in Utah

Jean Bickmore White Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Women’s Suffrage—the right of women to vote—was won twice in Utah. It was granted first in 1870 by the territorial legislature but revoked by Congress in 1887 as part of a national effort to rid the territory of polygamy. It was restored in 1895, when the right to vote and hold office was …

The Hatchet is Buried, The Constitutional Convention is Called

Stanford J. Layton History Blazer, August 1995 The summer and fall of 1894 was a busy and eventful time for political developments in the march to Utah statehood. The Enabling Act, which in effect invited Utah to become a state by drafting an appropriate constitution, was passed by Congress on July 10 and signed by President Cleveland on July 16. …

A State Is Born

Richard D. Poll Beehive History 21 It was January 4, 1896. On joining the Union, Utah was already more populous than five of her sister states. Of her people, 8 out of 10 were American-born and nearly 9 out of 10 were Latter-day Saints. Apart from approximately 3,000 Indians, mostly on reservations, the 571 blacks and 768 Chinese counted in …

In 1895 Utahns Wondered When Statehood Would Come

Miriam B. Murphy History Blazer, December 1995 On Sunday evening, December 8, 1895, Jerrold R. Letcher of the Utah Commission left Salt Lake City for the nation’s capital. He was carrying the official canvass of the November 5 vote on the proposed Constitution and a certificate issued by the commission attesting to the accuracy of the canvass. Both items had …