Railroads, tourism, and government bureaucracy combined to create modern religion in the American West, argues David Walker in this innovative study of Mormonism\'s ascendency in the railroad era.
In the disputes over this town\'s frontier survival, Walker discovers intense efforts by a variety of theological, political, and economic interest groups to challenge or sec.
The center of his story is Corinne, Utah--an end-of-the-track, hell-on-wheels railroad town founded by anti-Mormon businessmen.
Railroads, tourism, and government bureaucracy combined to create modern religion in the American West, argues David Walker in this innovative study of Mormonism\'s ascendency in the railroad era