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T h e c o w b o y a n d r a n c h i n g c u l t u r e w a s n o t w e l c o m e d b y all M o r m o n settlers. Rebecca M a c e n o t e d in h e r j o u r n a l in M a r c h 1895: The General Stake Conference convened on the 2nd and 3rd, March 1895. On the 4th Horse racing took place just out of town about 4 or 5 miles, or as some expressed it, the After Conference. On the 7th the Relief Society met in a general monthly meeting. . . . Sister Harriet Brown was called upon and she opened upon the evils of Horse racing, and all the sisters sustained her in the position. 18 E d w i n Woolley was m a d e local LDS stake p r e s i d e n t in June 1884 a n d f u n c t i o n e d in t h a t capacity for t h e next t w e n t y - s i x years, traveling t h r o u g h o u t t h e area of Kane a n d Garfield C o u n t i e s a n d to Lee's F e r r y a n d t h e C o l o r a d o River t o t h e s o u t h . In 1887 t h e t h r e e c o m m u n i t i e s of R a n c h at t h e h e a d of t h e Rio Virgin, U p p e r K a n a b at t h e t o p of K a n a b Creek, a n d Sink Valley j o i n e d t o g e t h e r t o f o r m a LDS w a r d . G r a h a m M a c d o n a l d b e c a m e t h e first b i s h o p , w i t h B y r o n D. R o u n d y , Sr., a n d F r a n k l i n B. W o o l l e y as his c o u n s e l o r s . It w a s c o n sidered a n extension of t h e Glendale LDS W a r d . G r a h a m M a c d o n a l d w a s a p r o f e s s i o n a l p l a s t e r e r a n d u s e d his craft t o m a k e m a n y local m e e t i n g h o u s e s m o r e beautiful. T h e w o m e n of K a n e C o u n t y L D S Relief S o c i e t i e s e n g a g e d in c h u r c h w i d e g r a i n s t o r a g e p r o j e c t s . After h a r v e s t s , Relief S o c i e t y w o m e n w o u l d go i n t o t h e fields t o glean t h e r e m a i n i n g w h e a t , w h i c h t h e y t h e n s a v e d . T h e w o m e n also m a d e q u i l t s a n d r u g s a n d s o l d " S u n d a y " eggs t o raise m o n e y for o t h e r causes o r n e e d s . T h e Relief S o c i e t y w h e a t w a s u s e d w h e n c r o p s failed; s o m e w a s s e n t t o S a n F r a n c i s c o after t h e e a r t h q u a k e in 1906, a n d s o m e w a s even s e n t t o C h i n a t o h e l p in t i m e s of f a m i n e t h e r e . T h e w o m e n initially s t o r e d t h e w h e a t in w o o d e n b i n s at t h e t i t h i n g office b u t e v e n t u a l l y b u i l t their o w n granary, w h i c h h a d b i n s lined w i t h tin.
Federal Prosecution of Polygamists After the Civil War, the issue of the Mormon church's practice of polygamy aroused increased attention from United States government officials and put the territory in a state of confusion. A series of increasingly strong anti-polygamy bills went before the U.S. Congress—the Morrill Act of 1862, the Cullom Act of 1870, the
