The+people+of+Colorado+City

 "Our Community was so isolated it was rare that we ever saw anyone

from the outside." ~ Carolyn Jessop



"... Colorado City- a tiny, nondescript FLDS enclave about 350 miles

south of Salt Lake City and a stone's throw from Hildale Utah." ~Carolyn

Jessop

In 1913 The Short Creek Community was founded by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS). It was created as a safe place to practice and grow polygamy. In 1953 it was also the site of the famous Short Creek Raid. The community later changed its name to Colorado city and is still a capital in the FLDS. 3,334 people occupy the 10 and half mile town. The people of the community fear outsiders and keep to themselves. Their lives being completely centered around the FLDS church and living the principle. Colorado City is often said to be a world on to itself. The community itself is almost entirely self sufficient, having its own police force, schools and even factories.

"Most of my cousins only left the community to go shopping with their

mothers and had almost no sense of the outside world." ~ Carolyn

Jessop

Resorces

Jessop, Carolyn. __Escaped__. 1. New York: Broadway Books, 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_City,_Arizona Pictures

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=11167 http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-04-05-polygamy-towns_N.htm