Polygamous sect's sway has dwindled in twin towns on Arizona-Utah line. Residents enjoy new freedoms
A modern apartment building is shown Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Colorado City, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
COLORADO CITY, Ariz. (AP) — The prairie dresses, walled compounds and distrust of outsiders that were once hallmarks of two towns on the Arizona-Utah border are mostly gone.
These days, Colorado City, Arizona, and neighboring Hildale, Utah, look much like any other town in this remote and picturesque area near Zion National Park, with weekend soccer games, a few bars, and even a winery.
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