Utah Historical Quarterly Volume 43, Number 4, 1975

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Aerial view of Westminster College, 1965. Utah State Historical collections, courtesy Les Chipman.

Society

The Growing Years: Westminster College from Birth to Adolescence BY JOSEPH A. VINATIERI

W H E N MEMBERS OF THE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 they naturally set up a society and culture that reflected the values and tenets of their religion. For fifteen years the Mormons developed their society relatively free from external influences. The head of the church was, in essence, the head of the Mr. Vinatieri is presently attending the University of San Diego School of Law.


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