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Pipe Spring rarely crowded and offers glimpse into the pastLas Vegas Review-Journal... such as Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon and Lake Powell. Seldom crowded, the frontier-era fortified ranch welcomes about 55000 visitors annually. ...
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cerca calendarLas Vegas Review-JournalOct. 8, Zion National Park, Utah: Rim to Floor. Learn about the park's geology, botany and biology as you hike 10 miles from the East Rim of the park down ...
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Frugal fall fashion findsThe Union of Grass ValleyCall (530) 477-5992 to find out more about the ranch and the Pick-Your-Own Pumpkin Patch and Harvest Festival happening every weekend in October. ...
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msnbc.com'Sister Wives' defy criticism to open up on TVmsnbc.com... that are on display in HBO's “Big Love,” or what you might have seen watching coverage of the April 2008 raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Texas. ...and more »
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What's HappeningConroe CourierFeatured speaker will be Pastor Sylvester Smith of Greater Zion Baptist Church in Houston and Dr. Ross Cullen of Solid Rock Church in Humble. ...
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Polygamy in America: inside the FLDSRFIThe police then raided a remote compound in Texas known as the Yearning for Zion Ranch. And while the call later turned out to be a hoax, explains Sinclair ...
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Neighborhood faces extinctionThe Desert SunOne of the churches — Mount Zion — is empty and slated to be razed. The Kyriakos Christian Center Church will then become the last relic of what was once ...and more »
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...Texas authorities with a variety of felony charges, from bigamy to child abuse, following a raid on the group's Yearning for Zion Ranch in tiny Eldorado, Texas. Seven of the men have been convicted and have received sentences ranging from 7 to 75 years; another...
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National Parks Traveler (blog)Fall Spectacular: Fall Colors From a National Park LodgeNational Parks Traveler (blog)Zion Canyon in Utah's Zion National Park is a gorgeous location in its own right. In fall it is transformed into a “ribbon of gold,” according to Mike Just, ...
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...incarcerated. The Texas charges stem from church and family records seized by authorities during a raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado in April 2008. Both the Utah and Texas governors have signed extradition warrants, setting up a legal mechanism...
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San Antonio Express
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CNNWarren Jeffs refuses to sign extradition papersABC 4Jeffs faces charges based on evidence obtained in the 2008 raid on the FLDS Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado, Texas. Jeffs has been indicted on 2 ...The Polygamist Prophet: One Step Closer to a Texas CourtTIMEPolygamist Sect Leader Jeffs Battles ExtraditionNewserPolygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs refuses extradition to TexasCNNThe Associated Pressall 272 news articles »
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...of Cedar City on I-15. From the park visitor center, the drive takes you past the vast Markagunt Plateau and beneath Horse Ranch Mountain, Zion's highest peak. After curving around a box canyon it climbs more than 1,000 feet along a ridgeline to the Timbercreek...
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Polygamists will stand up for their beliefs -- but only to a pointVancouver SunThe charges stem from a 2007 raid on the Yearning for Zion ranch. There, Texas authorities allege they found evidence that Jeffs had "married" and ...and more »
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Examiner.comFLDS polygamists from Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott raid plead to sex chargesExaminer.com... and fathering a child with a 15-year old girl while living at the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Schleider County,Texas near San Angelo, Texas in 2006. ...and more »
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New Film Exposes Sex Offenses in Polygamy CultHuffington Post (blog)Then the State of Texas whose platform is strongly against sex offenders and pro child safety raided the Yearning for Zion ranch and 12 more men were ...
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Polygamist sect members plead no contest to bigamyTriValley CentralTexas officials have been careful to say that the sect's Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado was raided in April 2008 because of alleged underage marriages, ...and more »
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FLDS man pleads no contest, gets eight years in prisonSalt Lake Tribune... was already married when he entered a "spiritual" marriage with a 16-year-old girl in October 2005 at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado, Texas. ...Polygamist sect members plead no contest to bigamyThe Associated PressTwo more FLDS members sentencedReporterNews.comall 253 news articles »
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Warren Jeffs still in jail awaiting trial as turmoil continuesAZ Central.comUnder siege in both states, Jeffs had concluded that Judgment Day was imminent, and the FLDS sect moved to a new base at Yearning for Zion Ranch in ...and more »
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VIEWPOINTS: FLDS has legal right to its beliefs, practicesSan Angelo Standard-TimesFourth-grade girls of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints talk in their classroom on the Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado. ...
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MyFox PhoenixSearches target FLDS communities in Utah, ArizonaSan Angelo Standard Times... the Arizona-Utah border communities that are home to the polygamous church sect that also owns and occupies the Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado. ...Utah, Arizona law officers raid polygamous communitySalt Lake Tribuneall 294 news articles »
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FLDS rips trust managementSan Angelo Standard TimesSAN ANGELO, Texas — The effects of the historic raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado that began April 3, 2008, still echo on ...and more »
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FLDS rips trust management on second anniversary after raidReporterNews.comThe effects of the historic raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado that began on April 3, 2008, still echo on the second anniversary, ...and more »
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Two Years After Raid, Polygamist Sect Leaders Are 'Nervous'ABC NewsThe group burst into the national spotlight after the April 3, 2008 raid of the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado, Texas. People were stunned not only by ...
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...camping at the old ranch and learning about it. Participants need to bring all their own food and supplies. Reservations needed. Zion Canyon Field Institute, (800) 635-3959, www.zionpark.org. April 4, Clarkdale, Ariz.: Easter Bunny Express. The Easter Bunny...
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Standard-Times wins 11 awards in state contestSan Angelo Standard-Times... for a picture package marking life at the FLDS compound a year after state authorities raided the Yearning for Zion Ranch. n Scott Beckett, ...and more »
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Trial date set for FLDS leaderSan Angelo Standard TimesJeffs, 54, awaits trial for crimes allegedly arising from the FLDS owned and operated Yearning for Zion Ranch outside Eldorado, and he's already serving two ...Trial date set for Warren Jeffs in first of two Arizona casesKCSGall 3 news articles »
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Governor orders increase of border security measuresWilson County NewsA Tom Green County jury in San Angelo on March 19 sentenced Merril Leroy Jessop of the Yearning for Zion Ranch to 75 years in prison for sexually assaulting ...and more »
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Wedding in East Zion National Park.
Jury sentences FLDS man to 75 years in prisonSalt Lake Tribune... assault charges related to underage marriages authorized by FLDS leader Warren S. Jeffs and performed at the sect's Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado. ...Yearning for Zion member sentenced to 75 yearsConnectAmarillo.com powered by KVIIDefendant gets 75 yearsAbilene Reporter-Newsall 221 news articles »
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Polygamist guilty of sex assaultThe Press Association... of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to be tried since police raided and seized documents from the Yearning For Zion Ranch. ...Closing Arguments Schedule Wednesday in the Trial of FLDS Member Merril JessopKCSGJury to deliberate on FLDS man's sentenceAbilene Reporter-Newsall 249 news articles »
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Texas Rangers detail raid on FLDS Yearning For Zion RanchKCSG... to their part in the April 2008 raid of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Yearning for Zion Ranch outside of Eldorado. ...and more »
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FLDS TRIAL: Attorneys attempt to prove Jessop lived at YFZ RanchSan Angelo Standard TimesSAN ANGELO, Texas — Attorneys presented evidence that Merril Leroy Jessop resided at the Yearning For Zion Ranch outside Eldorado, ...
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Judge denies FLDS motion for mistrialSalt Lake TribuneHe said he had heard rumors that FLDS members had purchased the Yearning for Zion Ranch outside of Eldorado under the pretense of buying a hunting lodge ...Sex assault trial begins for polygamist group manDallas Morning NewsDNA experts: 99 percent chance Jessop fathered girl's childReporterNews.comAttorneys Make Opening Arguments in Trial of FLDS Member Merril JessopKCSGall 35 news articles »
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www.foxnews.com Raymond Jessop, 38, was convicted late Thursday for having sex with the teen with whom he had a so-called spiritual marriage. He faces up to 20 years in prison when the jury reconvenes Monday to begin deciding his sentence. Early on, the weeklong raid of the Yearning For Zion Ranch was hounded by missteps. After scouring the ranch for days in April 2008 in search of a caller who claimed to be an abused girl, law enforcement acknowledged "Sarah Barlow" didn't exist. Several weeks after Texas child welfare officials put all 439 sect children in foster care in one of the largest child custody cases in US history, an appellate court ruled that Texas authorities had overstepped, and the children went back to their parents. But authorities still seized documents from homes and concrete vaults in the towering limestone temple and annex building at the ranch — documents that would help convict Jessop and indict 11 other members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Jurors deliberated for little more than two hours before convicting Jessop, who did not visibly react as the verdict was read. Free on bond during trial, he was immediately handcuffed and led to jail. Lawyers in the case declined to comment on the verdict Thursday. Jessop allegedly has nine wives. He also faces a bigamy charge, but that case is to be tried later. The girl in the assault case, now 21, was previously in a spiritual marriage with Jessop's brother before being ...
The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following the raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas last year was convicted Thursday of sexual assault of a child. (Nov. 5)
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...drinking and washing the fresh produce you want to eat on site. Here's a lineup of what will be available this weekend: Farm and ranch products: -- Christine Cox (Hildale) - Organic spinach, mixed salad greens and chard. Organic green drink from greens and...
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Today is Monday, July 27th, 2009 Recorded: Friday, July 24th, 2009 This is a chat about the FLDS Yearning for Zion Ranch in Arizona The "prophet" that runs the place is Willie Jessop This is meant to be a discussion about work versus play. This topic was prompted by an Oprah Winfrey show that I happened to catch last week. I am leaning more towards the topic of living in a society where you are taught to only participate in activities which are productive in nature, and which better yourself and/or your community. Your thoughts please?
What to do on a ranch??
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...the city's oldest black church, moved to a new location. Indio Mount Zion was established 60 years ago within the John Nobles Ranch community, where many black migrant farmers came to settle in the Coachella Valley. Many young and poor families attended the...
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Tom C. Rawlings, Director of the Office of the Child Advocate discusses the proper balance between aggressive action to protect children from abuse and neglect and undesirable over-reaction resulting in the erosion of civil liberties? What about the state imposition of psychological harm on children and their families? What is the law? Mr. Rawlings discusses these issues in the context of the recent case involving the removal of 460 children from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of ...
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...of Latter Day Saints, on charges related to underage marriages. Texas authorities descended on the sect's Yearning For Zion Ranch on April 3, 2008, after a crisis hot line received calls from someone who claimed to be "Sarah Jessop Barlow," a 16-year-old,...
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Salt Lake Tribune
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