Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton's standard academic history of the Latter-day Saints, written by the church's own historian and assistant historian, places the 1877 completion of the St. George Temple within the broader story of temple building and institutional consolidation in territorial Utah.
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Reliability Tier1
The standard academic history of the Latter-day Saints, written by the church's own historian and assistant historian and published by Alfred A. Knopf, tier 1, matching the tier the map already gives its other foundational academic references, used here for the St. George Temple's place in the wider story of Utah temple building, corroborating the church's own history department record above. NotesUsed for the St. George Temple's place in the wider story of Utah temple building and institutional consolidation.
Citation
AuthorLeonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
URLhttps://archive.org/details/mormonexperience00arri
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Utah directly: "consolidation in territorial Utah."
Source Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints (Alfred A. Knopf, 1979)Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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