Latter-Day Saints in Tucson
Ellis, Catherine H.![Latter-Day Saints in Tucson](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/141/14169032/CHSBZCOP0314169032.jpg)
The Sonoran Desert may seem an unlikely place for a farming community, but members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had perfected the art of irrigation in Utah, and in 1900, Nephi Bingham believed he could make the desert blossom even amid saguaros and creosote. With water from the Rillito River and influxes of members from St. David, Douglas, the Gila Valley, and the colonies in Mexico, Binghampton became a distinctive encla...