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The cathedral parish's history began with the founding of the chapel of the Royal Presidio of San Agustin in Tucson, which was constructed in 1776. [1] By the 1850s, both the presidio and its chapel had fallen out of use, so Father Joseph Machebeuf was sent to survey the condition of the area in the 1860s.
The original church was built to the north of the present Franciscan church. This northern church or churches served the mission until it was razed during an Apache raid in 1770. The mission that survives today was built between 1783 and 1797, which makes it the oldest European structure in Arizona. Labor was provided by the O'odham. [1]
The Council of Friends membership desired a remote location where they could practice plural marriage, which had been publicly abandoned by the LDS Church in 1890. [3] On July 26, 1953, Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle sent troops into the settlement to stop polygamy in what became known as the Short Creek raid. The two-year legal battle that ...
Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. The population was 2,478 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] At least three Mormon fundamentalist sects are said to have been based there. [ 7 ]
The Mesa Arizona Temple was built in 1919. This temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the namesake of, and central structure in the Historic Mesa Temple District, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Queen of Peace Church was built in 1947 and is located at 141 N MacDonald Rd. It is a non ...
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According to the 2020 United States Census, Arizona is the 14th most populous state with 7,151,502 inhabitants (as of the 2020 census) [1] and the 6th largest by land area spanning 113,623.1 square miles (294,282 km 2). [2] Arizona is divided into 15 counties and contains 91 incorporated cities and towns.
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