Plyg watchers guide to the southwest.

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Given all the recent news about the Polygamists in Texas I figured it was time to re-release this Field guide to Plyg (short for polygamist) spotting guide that I published as an interim professor at the Mojave College. This guide spot will just have a taste of what the complete field guide contains. If you like this reference manual, copies will be available on the web site.

Plygs vs Amish

Members of selcuded sects are oftimes mistaken one for another.  Nowhere is this more common than with the Desert Plyg and the Lancaster Amish.

The Amish (Amisch or Amische) are an Anabaptist Christian denomination, formed in 1693 by Swiss Mennonites led by Jacob Amman

where as the Plygs (abbreviation of Polygamists) are members of the FLDS denomination, an off shoot from the LDS (Mormon) faith. Since its inception in the 1930s, FLDS Church headquarters have been in Hildale, Utah, which is a twin city with Colorado City, Arizona.

 

Young Plyg

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… Polygamist Biggus Familius …

South Western Polygamist

Not a Plyg

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… Mennonita Backeasternus …
Eastern Amish

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I was born Vladamier Toolbarbich in the small Village of Shuvalovka in Russia. I came to this country in the belly of a fishing trawler. I worked in many jobs including a stint in Hollywood. After leaving the LA scene I decided to use my stage name of Mike Honcho.

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