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unusual facts about United Order


Orange Seely

In October 1875 scarcity of feed for their livestock sent Orange Seely and a company of men from Sanpete County with a herd of United Order stock Eastward through Cottonwood Canyon to the Castle Dale/Orangeville area.



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Communalism

One of the last United Order cooperatives was located in Orderville, which continued until an 1885 anti-polygamy law enforcement action under the Edmunds Act effectively ended it by jailing many of its leaders.

Kingston, Utah

In the 1870s Brigham Young was encouraging communal living in United Order communities.

Oddfellows

Subsequent to the failure of Bonnie Prince Charlie's uprising, in 1789 the two Orders formed a partial amalgamation as the Grand United Order of Oddfellows.