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From: cmaz504@ut-ngp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: The Mormon Settlement in Utah
Message-ID: <485@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Aug-83 14:37:03 EDT
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.485
Posted: Fri Aug 12 14:37:03 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Aug-83 19:41:44 EDT
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I have seem to remember reading a long time ago (in a state far far away)
that when the followers of Joseph Smith et. al. arrived in Utah that each
family was given a certain amount of land and was expected to live off it.
Needless to say some plots were better than others (water, good soil etc.)
and a lot of people didn't make it through the winter. Since this is a
rather interesting example of organizing a society I was wondering if 
any one out there know where I can find some details about it. Is it even
true? (It really has been a long time since I first heard about this).