The Short Creek Community originally began in 1935 following the death of Joseph Leslie Broadbent, under the leadership of John Y. Barlow and Joseph W. Musser. Formerly located in Short Creek, Arizona (now Colorado City, Arizona

Colorado City, Arizona

Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town was 4,607...

 and Hildale, Utah

Hildale, Utah

Hildale is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,726 at the 2010 census.Hildale is a twin city to the more well-known Colorado City, Arizona, both of which straddle the border between Utah and Arizona. Hildale is the headquarters of the Fundamentalist Church of...

), the group was notorious for the practice of polygamy

Polygamy

Polygamy is a marriage which includes more than two partners...

 due to media coverage during the "Short Creek raid

Short Creek raid

The Short Creek raid is the name given to Arizona state police and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists that took place on the morning of July 26, 1953, at Short Creek, Arizona. The Short Creek raid was the largest mass arrest of polygamists in American history...

s" of 1945 and 1953. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is one of the largest Mormon fundamentalist denominations and one of the largest organizations in the United States whose members practice polygamy. The FLDS Church emerged in the early twentieth century when its founding members left...

 (FLDS) later developed in the same geographical region and changed the name to Colorado City and Hildale to eliminate any ties to the Short Creek raids.

After the death of Joseph W. Musser, the community split into two groups. Those were the FLDS Church, which stayed in Short Creek, and the Apostolic United Brethren

Apostolic United Brethren

The Apostolic United Brethren is a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist church within the Latter Day Saint movement. The sect is not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

 which relocated to Bluffdale, Utah

Bluffdale, Utah

Bluffdale is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,700 according to the 2000 census...

.

Short Creek leaders

The following are the leaders of the Short Creek Community.

• John W. Woolley
  John Wickersham Woolley
  John Wickersham Woolley was an American Latter Day Saint and one of the founders of the Mormon fundamentalism movement.-Early life:...
  
   (1918–1928)
• Lorin C. Woolley (1928–1934)
• J. Leslie Broadbent (1934–1935)
• John Y. Barlow (1935–1949)
• Joseph W. Musser (1949–1954)

See also

• Factional breakdown: Mormon fundamentalist sects
• List of Mormon fundamentalist churches
• Colorado City, Arizona
  Colorado City, Arizona
  Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town was 4,607...
  
  
• Hildale, Utah
  Hildale, Utah
  Hildale is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,726 at the 2010 census.Hildale is a twin city to the more well-known Colorado City, Arizona, both of which straddle the border between Utah and Arizona. Hildale is the headquarters of the Fundamentalist Church of...
  
  
• Mormon fundamentalism
• Short Creek raid
  Short Creek raid
  The Short Creek raid is the name given to Arizona state police and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists that took place on the morning of July 26, 1953, at Short Creek, Arizona. The Short Creek raid was the largest mass arrest of polygamists in American history...