Martyrs in Mexico

Book excerpt: This volume is divided in two parts. The first examines the founding of the LDS Church in the village of San Marcos in Hidalgo, Mexico in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries amid the trials of a revolutionary war and the martyrdom of two members. The second examines the trials of developing and organizing the faith in the state of Hidalgo up through the 1950s. It places historical Mormon figures clearly within the context of their country¿s society, economy, and polity. In this context, it reviews the background and details of how the Church survived Mexico¿s civil war of 1910-1917, when its members were under severe duress from insurgent militias as well as their own government.