Mormon Philosophy and Practical Railroad Building

August C. Bolino

Business History Review, 1958, vol. 32, issue 4, 407-422

Abstract: Mormon religious and economic self-sufficiency throve best on isolation, yet Brigham Young hailed the coming of the railroad. This practical and very successful adaptation to new circumstances was inspired by a religious goal. Increased profits and growing trade would accelerate the progress of the work of the Lord. Zion flourished, even as Young had foreseen, but the old social and economic institutions were undermined and Mormon dominance in the territory was challenged.

Date: 1958
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