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The Yearning for Zion Ranch, or the YFZ Ranch, [1] was a 1,700-acre (690-hectare) Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) community of as many as 700 people, located near Eldorado in Schleicher County, Texas, United States. In April 2014, the State of Texas took physical and legal possession of the property.
In November 2003, church member David Allred purchased for YFZ Land LLC the 1,371-acre (555-hectare) Isaacs Ranch four miles (six kilometers) northeast of Eldorado, Texas, on Schleicher County Road 300 "as a hunting retreat". The property would be known within the sect as Yearning For Zion Ranch, or YFZ Ranch.
News reports suggested a possible shift of the church's headquarters to Eldorado, Texas, where a temple has been built by FLDS Church members at the YFZ Ranch. [13] As the bishop of the church at YFZ, it appeared that Merril Jessop was the de facto president and the most powerful person in the FLDS Church, until February 2011. [14]
Before his 2006 arrest, Jeffs had last been seen on January 1, 2005, near Eldorado, Texas, at the dedication ceremony of the foundation of a large FLDS temple on the YFZ Ranch. The ranch came into the public eye on April 7, 2008, when Texas authorities conducted a raid and took legal custody of 416 children, in response to a March 31 phone call ...
Jeffs was able to reunite with his family, returning to the YFZ Ranch in December 2008, when all of Warren Jeffs’ family members were sent there. [6] He was sent to Short Creek in 2010. And in 2012, he was sent out to work at many FLDS enclaves around the United States clearing land, building houses, tending herds, and learning to repair ...
Today's spangram answer on Sunday, January 26, 2025, is PUREMETAL. What Are Today’s NYT Strands Answers, Word List for Sunday, January 26? TITANIUM. IRON. ALUMINUM. NICKEL. COBALT. CADMIUM.
In several criminal trials in Texas resulting from the April 2008 seizure of evidence at the YFZ Ranch, Carolyn was called as a witness for the State. In the case of Texas v. Raymond Merril Jessop, Carolyn, Raymond's stepmother, testified about her knowledge of Raymond Jessop as well as her knowledge of church teachings. [21]
Kevin Costner is returning to Yellowstone—but not as John Dutton.. After his departure from Yellowstone ahead of season 5, fans have been awaiting his next move within the Wild West. On February ...