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Journal of Mormon History Volume 36 Issue 3 Summer 2010 Article 1 2010 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 36, No. 3, Summer 2010 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 36, Summer 2010: Iss. 3. 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. 36, No. 3, Summer 2010 Table of Contents LETTERS --External Reviewers AWOL? Armand L. Mauss, vii --Brandon Morgan Responds Brandon Morgan, viii --Small Arms Fire William P. MacKinnon, ix --Utah Coal J. Clifford Jones, xi --Actions Paint a Portrait Will Bagley, xii ARTICLES --Materialism and Mormonism: The Early Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Dr. John A. Widtsoe Clyde D. Ford, 1 --Helvécio Martins: First Black General Authority Mark L. Grover, 27 --“A P.O. Box and a Desire to Witness for Jesus”: Identity and Mission in the Ex-Mormons for Jesus/Saints Alive in Jesus, 1975–90 Sara M. Patterson, 54 --Jefferson Hunt: California’s First Mormon Politician Tom Sutak, 82 --Search for Sources for Wilford Woodruff’s Idaho “Wagon Box Prophecy,” 1884 Mary Jane Fritzen, 118 --Joseph Smith and the Development of Habeas Corpus in Nauvo, 1841–44 John S. Dinger, 135 --Joseph Smith as Guardian: The Lawrence Estate Case Gordon A. Madsen, 172 REVIEWS --Mari Graña. Pioneer, Polygamist, Politician: The Life of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon Anne Wilde, 212 --George U. Hubbard. When the Saints Came Marching In: A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denton, Texas 1958–2008 Jared Tamez, 215 --Susan Easton Black, ed. The Best of the Frontier Guardian Blair Dee Hodges, 220 --Reid L. Neilson and Terryl L. Givens, eds. Joseph Smith Jr. Reappraisals after Two Centuries Shannon Flynn, 224 --Zvi Ben-Dor Benite. The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History Jonathan A. Stapley, 228 --Mitch Horowitz. Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation Matthew Bowman, 232 --Néstor Curbelo. The History of the Mormons in Argentina Don Chapman, 234 --Virginia Hatch Romney and Richard O. Cowan. The Colonia Juárez Temple: A Prophet’s Inspiration J. Sherman Feher, 239 --Will Bagley. Always a Cowboy: Judge Wilson McCarthy and the Rescue of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Lavina Fielding Anderson, 242 --Lu Ann Faylor Snyder and Phillip A. Snyder, eds. Post-Manifesto Polygamy: The 1899–1904 Correspondence of Helen, Owen, and Avery Woodruff Todd and Laura Compton, 246 --Marlene C. Kettley, Arnold K. Garr, and Craig K. Manscill. Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839 Joseph Johnstun, 250 --Brian Q. Cannon and Jessie L. Embry, eds. Utah in the Twentieth Century Brandon Johnson, 253 --Megan Sanborn Jones. Performing American Identity in Anti-Mormon Melodrama Michael Austin, 256 BOOK NOTICES --Fred E. Woods and Thomas L. Farmer. When the Saints Came Marching In: A History of the Latter-day Saints in St. Louis, 259 Kenneth W. Merrell. Scottish Shepherd: The Life and Times of John Murray Murdoch, Utah Pioneer, 260 Chad Orton and William W. Slaughter. 40 Ways to Look at Brigham Young: A New Approach to a Remarkable Man, 262 William Thomas Allison and Susan J. Matt, eds. Dreams, Myths, & Reality: Utah and the American West, 264 Anne Bradshaw. Chamomile Winter, 265 Connie B. Otteson. George Brunt: Young Pioneer of Eagle Rock, 266 Scott C. Esplin. The Tabernacle: “An Old and Wonderful Friend”, 268 Howard Carlos Smith. Keeper of the Prophet’s Sword: Joseph Bates Noble, Body Guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith 1810–1900, 269 Arnold K. Garr. Joseph Smith: Presidential Candidate, 271 David Robinson, Joseph, Joseph: Kingdom of God in the West, 272 Keywords VOL36_NO3 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol36/iss3/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY SUMMER 2010 ii The Journal of Mormon History Cover illustration: Death Valley 1975, photograph by Lucas Albert Venema, en- larged negative from original color slide, then reprinted using the Vandyke process by Thayne Whiting, a grandson, 2009. Mission Statement of the Mormon History Association The Mormon History Association is an independent organization dedi- cated to the study and understanding of all aspects of Mormon history. We welcome all who are interested in the Mormon past, irrespective of reli- gious affiliation, academic training, or world location. We promote our goals through scholarly research, conferences, awards, and publications. 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Patterson 54 Jefferson Hunt: California’s First Mormon Politician Tom Sutak 82 Search for Sources for Wilford Woodruff’s Idaho “Wagon Box Prophecy,” 1884 Mary Jane Fritzen 118 Joseph Smith and the Development of Habeas Corpus in Nauvo, 1841–44 John S. Dinger 135 Joseph Smith as Guardian: The Lawrence Estate Case Gordon A. Madsen 172 iv CONTENTS v REVIEWS Mari Graña. Pioneer, Polygamist, Politician: The Life of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon Anne Wilde 212 George U. Hubbard. When the Saints Came Marching In: A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denton, Texas 1958–2008 Jared Tamez 215 Susan Easton Black, ed. The Best of the Frontier Guardian Blair Dee Hodges 220 Reid L. Neilson and Terryl L. Givens, eds. Joseph Smith Jr. Reappraisals after Two Centuries Shannon Flynn 224 Zvi Ben-Dor Benite. The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History Jonathan A. Stapley 228 Mitch Horowitz. Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation Matthew Bowman 232 Néstor Curbelo.