Home›Sources›Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints (Alfred A. Knopf, 1979)SourcesLeonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints (Alfred A. Knopf, 1979)Alfred A. Knopf, 1979Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints (Alfred A. Knopf, 1979)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/arrington-bitton-the-mormon-experience.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints (Alfred A. Knopf, 1979). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/arrington-bitton-the-mormon-experienceCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-leonard-j-arrington-and-davis-bitton-the, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints (Alfred A. Knopf, 1979)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/arrington-bitton-the-mormon-experience}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXLeonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton's standard academic history of the Latter-day Saints, written by the church's own historian and assistant historian, places the 1877 completion of the St. George Temple within the broader story of temple building and institutional consolidation in territorial Utah.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (9 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The standard academic history of the Latter-day Saints, written by the church's own historian and assistant historian and published by Alfred A. Knopf, tier 1, matching the tier the map already gives its other foundational academic references, used here for the St. George Temple's place in the wider story of Utah temple building, corroborating the church's own history department record above.NotesWell-attestedUsed for the St. George Temple's place in the wider story of Utah temple building and institutional consolidation.CitationAuthorWell-attestedLeonard J. Arrington and Davis BittonPublisherWell-attestedAlfred A. KnopfURLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/mormonexperience00arriSource TypeWell-attestedacademic monographCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithUtah, States & Territories Well-attested This source names Utah directly: "consolidation in territorial Utah."Source Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints (Alfred A. Knopf, 1979)Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bittontier 1Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested7SourcesLeonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints (Alfred A. Knopf, 1979)Holds1SourcesLeonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton, The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints (Alfred A. Knopf, 1979)General References1Spread EventsThe St. George Utah Temple Is Dedicated, the Church's First Since NauvooComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year