Tag: Colorado City

This Village In America Still Practices Polygamy

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, FLDS, Polygamists, Short Creek

In a quiet corner of the American Southwest lies a village where one man having three or more wives is not an anomaly; it’s expected. In this community, dozens of children may share the same father, and everyone seems to…[Continue Reading...]

Max Tracks: Going to border towns that once shunned visitors and where FLDS reigned

Published February 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, FLDS, Hildale, Polygamist cult, Polygamists, Utah

HILDALE, Utah — The Short Creek communities of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona are closer to Zion National Park than I knew. The Smithsonian Butte Scenic Back Country Byway begins just outside of Zion and ends in the town…[Continue Reading...]

Leaving Behind a Polygamist Past: The Rebirth of Hildale and Colorado City

Published August 29, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, cult, FLDS, Hildale, Polygamists, Utah, Warren Jeffs

HILDALE, UTAH (AZFamily) — Mayor Donia Jessop is what you might call a Western pioneer. She’s the first woman to hold Hildale’s top office. During her seven years on the job, Jessop has overseen a truly remarkable transformation in her…[Continue Reading...]

Arizona town known for polygamous past transforming into tourist destination

Published August 15, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, Polygamists

Every year, millions of visitors from Arizona and across the U.S. make Zion National Park in Utah part of their vacation. The number of tourists has ballooned over the years from about two million in the late 90s to now…[Continue Reading...]

Former member of Warren Jeffs’ polygamous Mormon cult who grew up with 35 SIBLINGS and four moms returns to the Arizona town which he fled at the age of 18

Published July 3, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, cult leader, FLDS, Polygamist cult, survivor story, Warren Jeffs

A man who grew up in polygamist family with 35 siblings and four moms as part of Warren Jeffs' abusive religious cult has spoken out about what his unusual upbringing was like. In a YouTube documentary made by filmmaker Drew…[Continue Reading...]

‘Cult’ US town run by polygamist leader where everyone asks ‘what are you hiding?’

Published May 22, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, cult leader, FLDS, Polygamist cult, Warren Jeffs

A creepy town in Arizona used to be home to the polygamist cult-leader Warren Jeffs and was dubbed online as “somewhere you don’t stop for gas”. Colorado City, Arizona, makes up part of a fundamentalist Mormon community that straddles the…[Continue Reading...]

The Arizona Strip’s ‘but also’ towns: They’re beautiful, but also trying to overcome their own dark histories

Published September 13, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, FLDS, Hildale, Polygamist cult, polygamist towns, Utah

COLORADO CITY, Ariz — Surrounded by beautiful mountains and sweeping valleys, the "twin cities" of the Arizona Strip — Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah — are dealing with the same issues as any other city: Affordable housing, water, and…[Continue Reading...]