Chesterfield: Mormon Outpost in Idaho
Bancroft ID: The Chesterfield Foundation, 1993. Paperback. 91 pp. Chesterfield's public buildings—its meetinghouse, store, school, tithing office, and soon-to-be-reconstructed amusement hall—all stand in their original setting, free of modern intrusions. Most of the village's houses also remain, from original log cabins to finely designed two-story brick homes. Chesterfield: Mormon Outpost in Idaho, honored by the Mormon History Association "for excellence" in 1983, tells the stories behind these landmarks on the northern end of the Portneuf River Valley in southeast Idaho. Some of the distinguished historians in the Intermountain West, including Leonard James Arrington, Davis Bitton, F. Ross Peterson, and Merle W. Wells, describe in a highly readable way the history, economics, social life, and political conflicts of this Mormon community on Idaho's frontier. Evocative images by prize winning photographer Craig Law preserve Chesterfield in the early 1980s. Condition: Very good+. Item #16827
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