Building on Faith

Jesus Christ immigrated to the West, too, but you could read 100 history books and never know that. It’s impossible to talk honestly about the settlement of the West without talking about religion, but historians sure have tried. Credit has been given to trappers, explorers, miners, the military, homesteaders and even gunslingers—everyone knows these Western icons, but few could name a single religious leader whose mark was made on the West. “Most western communities owe far more to th