The Evolution of Mormon Culture in Eastern Arizona BY MARK P. LEONE
_ | ^ INETEENTH-CENTURY
AMERICA W a s f u l l
of U t o p i a n g r o u p s .
Most
were religious like the Shakers, Mennonites, and Hutterites; some were secular like the Pullman community in Chicago. All of these groups shared the goal of removing or freeing a population from mainline American culture. They all sought to set up an environment where their group could lead an independent, autonomous, self-sustaining existence. Rough-hewn housing served the basic needs of early settlers. Mormon Battalion veteran Marshall Hunt and his wife, Sarah Ann Runyan, came to the Little Colorado in 1883. Marshall's brother John was bishop of Snowflake for many years. Photograph courtesy Lois M. Recore and Josie M. Reenders.
