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At 15, Darlene Stubbs left a polygamous cult, found a new life through running

Cut off forever from family and friends, this former FLDS member found running and created a whole new community.

Josh, who’s in his mid-30s like Darlene and Anj, points out the American flag on top of “El Cap,” one of the area’s highest peaks, where he’s done an annual 20-mile hike that Lester helps organize to honor local veterans. More than 130 years ago, Wilford Woodruff, president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, renounced polygamy in what was considered a political move to gain Utah’s statehood. Louisa’s mother had endured the very public trial of her final husband during the government’s crackdown on cohabitation in late 1880s, for which he was found guilty and sentenced to prison along with many prominent Salt Lake City polygamists.

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