The English Wikipedia article on James Strang, read 2026-08-16, stating that approximately 2,600 persons made up his Beaver Island Mormon colony at their forced eviction on 5 July 1856, a figure the article attributes to Robert P. Weeks, "For His Was the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory ... Briefly," American Heritage, June 1970. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Strang
Source Typeencyclopedia
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Reliability Tier3
Tier three, a continuously community-edited tertiary reference, matching this database's established convention for Wikipedia citations. Used here only for the Beaver Island colony's population at its 5 July 1856 eviction, a figure the article itself attributes to Robert P. Weeks's 1970 American Heritage account rather than presenting as its own uncited claim. Connections
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This source names James Strang directly: "The English Wikipedia article on James Strang, read 2026-08-16, stating that approximately 2,600 persons made up his Beaver Island Mormon colony at their forced eviction on 5 July 1856, a figure the..."
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