A Tale of Two Colonies: Dutch Calvinists, Danish and Southern States Saints in Colorado's San Luis Valley - Couverture souple

Heersink, Bill

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798302778468

Editeur : Independently published, 2024

Synopsis

A five-million-acre expanse waiting to be populated and cultivated; two devout religious groups taking up the challenge with grand visions: Dutch Calvinists with projections to double this valley’s 1880s population of around 12,500 and Latter-day Saints with prophecies to fill it to overflowing.
But why this place for these people? The Dutch were moving from land near or below sea level to a mile and a half high elevation. Saints from northern Georgia and Alabama were leaving average precipitation of five inches per month to little more than that for the entire year, requiring radical change in farming methods. The Danes, who had just become settled in Utah, had to pack up and start all over. Both colonies would need to endure the valley’s frigid winters, temperatures well below what they were accustomed to.
The major role their religious faith played is integral to an understanding of these colonists’ experience, both in their decision to participate and in their responses to formidable obstacles. Their sense of a divine destiny and trust (or mistrust) in their church’s leaders will emerge frequently as the story unfolds.
The overall narrative is illustrated with a multitude of fascinating memories from the lives of the individual persons and families whose lives intersected during the nineteenth century’s last quarter in Colorado’s San Luis Valley.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798302778468
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250
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