The English Wikipedia article on James Strang, read 2026-08-16, stating that approximately 2,600 persons made up his Beaver Island Mormon colony at their forced eviction on 5 July 1856, a figure the article attributes to Robert P. Weeks, "For His Was the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory ... Briefly," American Heritage, June 1970.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Strang
Source Typeencyclopedia
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Reliability Tier3
Tier three, a continuously community-edited tertiary reference, matching this database's established convention for Wikipedia citations. Used here only for the Beaver Island colony's population at its 5 July 1856 eviction, a figure the article itself attributes to Robert P. Weeks's 1970 American Heritage account rather than presenting as its own uncited claim. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names James Strang directly: "The English Wikipedia article on James Strang, read 2026-08-16, stating that approximately 2,600 persons made up his Beaver Island Mormon colony at their forced eviction on 5 July 1856, a figure the..."
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