INSTRUCTIONS:
Frederick Jackson Turner does not specifically mention the Mormon Church or the “Reynolds” case in his famous essay on the role of the frontier in American history. In a short essay of 300 words, place the Reynolds decision and Professor Taysom’s analysis of it in the overall context of Turner’s thesis. In other words, can the Mormon era in territorial Utah fit into Turner’s thesis of how the frontier operated in the furtherance of American liberty and individuality?