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The lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's largest natural lake, the often-dry lake of the same name

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The lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's largest natural lake, the often-dry lake of the same name

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The area's name commemorates Mormon settlers who arrived here in 1878 and founded a dairy, which no longer exists. The lodge dates to in 1924 in the heyday of ranching and logging in Northern Arizona, when a Chandler, Arizona, man built what was then Tombler's Lodge. Following a 1974 fire that burned the lodge to the ground, ranchers from throughout the state rebuilt the sructure. Upon the completion, the ranchers burned their branding irons into the walls as a symbol of protection. The brands are still visible.
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Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112)
Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

In 2015, documentary photographer Carol Highsmith received a letter from Getty Images accusing her of copyright infringement for featuring one of her own photographs on her own website. It demanded payment of $120. This was how Highsmith came to learn that stock photo agencies Getty and Alamy had been sending similar threat letters and charging fees to users of her images, which she had donated to the Library of Congress for use by the general public at no charge. In 2016, Highsmith has filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against both Alamy and Getty stating “gross misuse” of 18,755 of her photographs. “The defendants [Getty Images] have apparently misappropriated Ms. Highsmith’s generous gift to the American people,” the complaint reads. “[They] are not only unlawfully charging licensing fees … but are falsely and fraudulently holding themselves out as the exclusive copyright owner.” According to the lawsuit, Getty and Alamy, on their websites, have been selling licenses for thousands of Highsmith’s photographs, many without her name attached to them and stamped with “false watermarks.” (more: http://hyperallergic.com/314079/photographer-files-1-billion-suit-against-getty-for-licensing-her-public-domain-images/)

Joseph Smith was the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church. He was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805, and he claimed to have received a series of revelations from God that led to the establishment of the Mormon Church. Smith grew up in a deeply religious family and had a series of religious experiences that he believed were divine revelations. In 1823, he claimed to have received a vision from an angel named Moroni, who told him about a set of ancient golden plates that contained the history of an ancient civilization that had lived in the Americas. Smith claimed that he was chosen by God to translate the plates and share their teachings with the world. According to Smith, the golden plates contains the history of an ancient civilization that had lived in the Americas and were written in a language known as "Reformed Egyptian." The translation of the plates, which Smith called the Book of Mormon, became a central text of the Mormon Church and is considered by Mormons to be a divine revelation from God. Reformed Egyptian is not recognized by linguists as a real language, and there is no evidence to suggest that it ever existed. The concept of Reformed Egyptian is not accepted by mainstream scholars and is considered by many to be a myth. Despite this, the idea of Reformed Egyptian is an important part of the Mormon faith. Smith's translation of the golden plates, which he called the Book of Mormon, became the central text of the Mormon Church. He also received additional revelations that he recorded in what became known as the Doctrine and Covenants, another central text of the Mormon Church. Smith's teachings and the Book of Mormon attracted a following, and he organized the Mormon Church in 1830. Smith and his followers faced numerous challenges and persecutions as they sought to establish and grow the Mormon Church. They were forced to move several times, often in the face of hostility and violence, and Smith himself was arrested and imprisoned on several occasions. One of the most significant persecutions faced by Smith and the Mormon Church occurred in Missouri, where they had established a settlement in the early 1830s. In 1838, the governor of Missouri issued an executive order declaring that all Mormons must leave the state, and a militia was mobilized to drive them out. Many Mormons were killed or forced to flee, and Smith and other Mormon leaders were arrested and imprisoned on charges of treason. Smith was eventually released from prison and fled to Illinois, where he and the Mormons established a new settlement in the city of Nauvoo. However, the persecution and hostility continued, and in 1844, a mob stormed the jail where Smith was being held on charges of treason and killed him. Joseph Smith is revered by members of the Mormon Church as a prophet and the founder of their faith.

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