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Zion National Park--a place of towering sandstone spires, deep and mysterious canyons. And also just 11 miles to the north, as the raven flies, from America's most open community of practicing polygamists. The twin towns of Colorado City, AZ, and Hilldale, UT are as isolated, culturally and geographically, as any place in the US.
Zion National Park--a place of towering sandstone spires, deep and mysterious canyons. And also just 11 miles to the north, as the raven flies, from America's most open community of practicing polygamists. The twin towns of Colorado City, AZ, and Hilldale, UT are as isolated, culturally and geographically, as any place in the US.
There are plently of books and guides about what to see and do in Zion. This blog is a guide to that other "Zion," the one the park was named for--a place some say is God's kingdom here on earth, and others say is a refuge of welfare cheats and twisted old men who force underage girls into marriage.Here you can learn about how polygamy started, what happened when the women rose up against it, and how Orderville fell into such a state of disorder. You can learn how to spot a polygamist house, and where they go for summer vacation. (But don't stare at that BIG family in the campsite next to yours.) And we'll also daydream about what Zion would be like now if a polygamist Kingdom of Utah had never joined the Union.
