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    The Saints of San Antonio website covers the modern period of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in San Antonio, Texas. Starting in the 1920s, permanent congregations of the LDS Church were established in the area as members began building their own "Zion" in South Texas, rather than gather with the Saints in Utah. In 1958, the San Antonio Stake was created, which provided a framework for accelerated growth. In 2005, an LDS temple was dedicated on a prominent hill in the north-side of San Antonio, a lasting monument to the pioneering efforts of the Saints of San Antonio.

    Prior to the 1920s, Latter-day Saints played a part in the history of San Antonio, from the short-lived Lyman Wight colony in the 1840s to later proselyting efforts by missionaries from Utah. This early period of the LDS Church in San Antonio is not covered on this website since much has already been written on this subject and since no one is alive who can be interviewed from this period. (1)(2)

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    Sources:

    1. Van Wagenen, Michael Scott, The Texas Republic and the Mormon Kingdom of God, (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2002). Also, see an article about Lyman Wight in the Handbook of Texas Online.

    2. Durning, Bonnie Means, A History of the Mormon Church in Texas, 1843-1906, (Master's Thesis, East Texas State University, 1964). Also, see an article about the Mormons in the Handbook of Texas Online.