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Journal of Mormon History Vol. 27, No. 2, 2001 Journal of Mormon History Volume 27 Issue 2 Article 1 2001 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 27, No. 2, 2001 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation (2001) "Journal of Mormon History Vol. 27, No. 2, 2001," Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 27 : Iss. 2 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol27/iss2/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Mormon History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Journal of Mormon History Vol. 27, No. 2, 2001 Table of Contents CONTENTS LETTERS vii ARTICLES • --Polygamy and Prostitution: Comparative Morality in Salt Lake City, 1847-1911 Jeffrey D. Nichols, 1 • --"Called by a New Name": Mission, Identity, and the Reorganized Church Mark A. Scherer, 40 • --Samuel Woolley Taylor: Mormon Maverick Historian Richard H. Cracroft, 64 • --Fish and the Famine of 1855-56 D. Robert Carter, 92 • --"As Ugly as Evil" and "As Wicked as Hell": Gadianton Robbers and the Legend Process among the Mormons W.Paul Reeve, 125 • --The East India Mission of 1851-1856: Crossing the Boundaries of Culture, Religion, and Law R. Lanier Britsch, 150 • --Steel Rails and the Utah Saints Richard O. Cowan, 177 • --"That Canny Scotsman": John Sharp and the Negotiations with the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869-1872 Craig L. Foster, 197 • --Charles S. Whitney: A Nineteenth-Century Salt Lake City Teenager's Life Kenneth W. Godfrey, 215 REVIEWS --Michael K. Winder, John R. Winder: Member of the First Presidency, Pioneer, Temple Builder, Dairyman Boyd Petersen, 252 --Gene A. Sessions, ed., Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle Richard D. Ouellette, 255 --Mark Fiege, Irrigated Eden: The Making of an Agricultural Landscape in the American West Thomas G. Alexander, 260 --Jan Shipps, Sojourner in the Promised Land: Forty Years among the Mormons Lavina Fielding Anderson, 262 --Davis Bitton, ed., Historical Dictionary of Mormonism John Hatch, 265 --Myrtle Stevens Hyde, Orson Hyde: The Olive Branch of Israel Gary James Bergera, 267 --Susan Arrington Madsen, I Walked to Zion; Susan Arrington Madsen, Growing Up in Zion; and Susan Arrington Madsen and Fred E. Woods, I Sailed to Zion Dean Hughes, 274 --John Forres O'Donnal, Pioneer in Guatemala: The Personal History of John Forres O'Donnal, Including the History of the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints in Guatemala Henri P. P. Gooren, 277 --Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan, eds., Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History Brian S. Stuy, 280 --Donald G. Godfrey, Philo T. Farnsworth: The Father of Television Val E. Limburg, 283 BOOK NOTICES --Colleen Whitley, ed., Worth Their Salt, Too: More Notable But Often Unnoted Women of Utah, 286 --Gladys Knight, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story, 287 --Douglas J. Davies, Mormon Identities in Transition: Latter Day Saints in Wales and Zion, 288 --Barbara B. Smith and Blythe Darlyn Thatcher, eds., Heroines of the Restoration, 289 --[no editor], Heroes of the Restoration, 289 --Bryan Waterman, ed., The Prophet Puzzle: Interpretive Essays on Joseph Smith, 291 --Michael S. Durham, Desert Between the Mountains: The Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869, 292 --Ogden Kraut,John H. Koyle's Relief Mine; and Ogden Kraut, Relief Mine II: Through Others' Eyes, 293 --Orson Pratt, The Seer, 294 --Mary Bywater Cross, Quilts and Women of the Mormon Migrations: Treasures of Transition; and Kae Covington, Gathered in Time: Utah Quilts and Their Makers, Settlement to 1950, 295 --Lawrence R. Flake, George Q. Cannon: His Missionary Years, 297 --Heidi S. S win ton, Pioneer Spirit: Modern-Day Stories of Courage and Conviction, 298 --Bruce A. Van Orden, D. Brent Smith, and Everett Smith Jr., Pioneers in Every Land, 299 --Linda Allred Steele, James and Elizabeth Allred, 300 --Stan Larson, Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson's Archaeological Search for the Book of Mormon, 301 --Lynda Cory Robinson, Boys Who Became Prophets ,302 --Cary Austin and Greg Newbold, illus., The Prophet Joseph's Own Account, 303 -Michael W. Johnson with Robert E. Parson and Daniel A. Stebbins, A History ofDaggett County: A Modern Frontier, 304 --Miriam B. Murphy, A History of Wayne County, 305 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol27/iss2/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY FALL 2001 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY FALL 2001 COVER: Abstraction of the window tracery, Salt Lake City Tenth Ward. Design by Warren Archer. Articles appearing in this journal are abstracted and indexed in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life, published by ABC-CLIO, and in Religion Index One: Periodicals, published by the American Theological Library Association. © 2001 Mormon History Association ISS 0194-7342 After publication herein, copyright reverts to authors. Copies of articles in this journal may be made for teaching and research purposes free of charge and without securing permission, as permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the United States Copyright Law. For all other purposes, permission must be obtained from the author. The Mormon History Association assumes no responsibility for contributors' statements of fact or opinion. Staff of the Journal of Mormon History Editorial Staff Editor: Lavina Fielding Anderson Executive Committee: Lavina Fielding Anderson, Will Bagley, Sherilyn Cox Bennion, William G. Hartley, G. Kevin Jones, Lynne Watkinsjorgensen, Patricia Lyn Scott, Jean Bickmore White Editorial Staff: Linda Wilcox DeSimone, Henry H. Goldman, Derek Jensen, Janet Jenson, Scarlett M. Lindsay, Linda Lindstrom, H. Michael Marquardt, Murphy S. Mathews, Stephen R. Moss Letters Editor: Jean Bickmore White Editorial Manager: Patricia Lyn Scott Business Manager: G. Kevin Jones Abstracts Editor: Kenneth R. Williams Compositor: Brent Corcoran Designer: Warren Archer Board of Editors Polly Aird, Seattle, Washington Todd Compton, Santa Monica, California Mario S. De Pillis, Amherst, Massachusetts Paul M. Edwards, Independence, Missouri Dean L. May, University of Utah, Salt Lake City Kahlile Mehr, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City Susan Sessions Rugh, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah John C. Thomas, BYU—Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho Mission Statement of the Mormon History Association The Mormon History Association is an independent organization dedicated to the study and understanding of all aspects of Mormon history. We welcome all who are interested in the Mormon past, irrespective of religious affiliation, academic training, or world location. We promote our goals through scholarly research, conferences, awards, and publications. The Journal of Mormon History is published semi-annually by the Mormon History Association, 581 S. 630 East, Orem, UT 84097, (801) 224-0241, <[email protected]>. It is distributed to members upon payment of annual dues: student, $17.50; regular, $20; membership with spouse, $25; outside United States, $25 payable in U.S. currency, VISA, or Mastercard; sustaining, $20; Friend of Mormon History, $50; Mormon History Association Patron, $500 or more. Single copies $20. Prices on back issues vary; contact Larry and Alene King, executive directors, at the address above. The Journal of Mormon History exists to foster scholarly research and publication in the field of Mormon history. Manuscripts dealing with all aspects of Mormon history are welcome, including twentieth-century history, regional and local history, women's history, and ethnic/minorities history. First consideration will be given to those which make a strong contribution to knowledge through new interpretations and/or new information. The Board of Editors will also consider the paper's general interest, accuracy, level of interpretation, and literary quality. The Journal does not consider reprints or simultaneous submissions. Papers for consideration must be submitted in triplicate, typed and double-spaced throughout, including all quotations. Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition (see a recent edition of the Journal) and be prepared to submit accepted manuscripts on computer diskette, IBM-DOS format preferred. Send manuscripts to the Journal of Mormon History, P.O. Box 581068, Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1068. JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY Volume 27, No. 2 Fall 2001 CONTENTS LETTERS vii ARTICLES Polygamy and Prostitution: Comparative Morality in Salt Lake City, 1847-1911 Jeffrey D. Nichols 1 "Called by a New Name": Mission, Identity, and the Reorganized Church Mark A. Scherer 40 Samuel Woolley Taylor: Mormon Maverick Historian Richard H. Cracroft 64 Fish and the Famine of 1855-56 D. Robert Carter 92 "As Ugly as Evil" and "As Wicked as Hell": Gadianton Robbers and the Legend Process among the Mormons W.Paul Reeve 125 The East India Mission of 1851-1856: Crossing the Boundaries of Culture, Religion, and Law R. Lanier Britsch 150 Steel Rails and the Utah Saints Richard O. Cowan 177 "That Canny Scotsman": John Sharp and the Negotiations with the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869-1872 Craig L. Foster 197 Charles S. Whitney: A Nineteenth-Century Salt Lake City Teenager's Life Kenneth W. Godfrey 215 REVIEWS Michael K. Winder, John R. Winder: Member of the First Presidency, Pioneer, Temple Builder, Dairyman Boyd Petersen 252 CONTENTS V Gene A. Sessions, ed., Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle Richard D. Ouellette 255 Mark Fiege, Irrigated Eden: The Making of an Agricultural Landscape in the American West Thomas G. Alexander 260 Jan Shipps, Sojourner in the Promised Land: Forty Years among the Mormons Lavina Fielding Anderson 262 Davis Bitton, ed., Historical Dictionary of Mormonism John Hatch 265 Myrtle Stevens Hyde, Orson Hyde: The Olive Branch of Israel Gary James Bergera 267 Susan Arrington Madsen, / Walked to Zion; Susan Arrington Madsen, Growing Up in Zion; and Susan Arrington Madsen and Fred E.
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