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Eliason, Eric A. "Celebrating Zion: Pioneers in Mormon Popular Historical Expression," Department of American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, February 1998.
From 1846 to 1869, eighty thousand Mormons took wagons and handcarts across the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains in the Western Hemisphere’s largest ever religious migration. This dissertation examines how Mormons utilize this pioneer experience as a defining touchstone of their identity. Today, Latter-day Saints still remember “the pioneers” in folklore, art, museums and monuments, as well as annual plays, pageants, and parades throughout the West. Celebrating Zion examines the historical development, geographic distribution, and multiple cultural meanings of Latter-day Saint remembrances of their pioneer past as Mormondom has responded to the challenges of rapid global growth and the secularization of Utah.
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