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SCOTT THOMAS is an independent researcher in Provo, Utah. He earned a bachelor’s degree with University Honors and a master’s degree in American history from Brigham Young University. His master’s thesis was a history of extralegal violence in territorial Utah, and his historical research and writing currently focuses on social and religious movements in the American West.
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NOEL A. CARMACK is associate professor of art at Utah State University Eastern in Price, Utah. He received a BFA in illustration (1993) and an MFA in drawing/painting (1997), both from Utah State University. In addition to producing his own artwork, Carmack has done significant research on the visual art and culture of nineteenth-century Mormonism. Carmack has published on these and other topics in BYU Studies, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Utah Historical Quarterly, and the Journal of Mormon History.
CLINT PUMPHREY has worked as the manuscript curator in Utah State University’s Special Collections and Archives since 2011. Previously, he was employed as the National Register Historian for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Clint holds a master’s degree in history from USU and received his Digital Archives Specialist certificate in 2014.
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CULLEN BATTLE is a retired lawyer with over thirty years of experience practicing in the areas of natural resources, land use, and public utilities law. His bachelor’s and law degrees were from the University of Virginia, where he also served as editor of the Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law. His connection to Mountain Dell stems from many years of hiking, mountain biking, and skiing there. He has worked as a volunteer trail groomer for the Mountain Dell Nordic Ski Area and is a member of The Utah Nordic Alliance (TUNA).
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