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FLDS boys watching a bonfire Thursday November 29, 2012.

FLDS Boys Around the Fire

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Water Canyon High School graduate Danielle Barlow breaks down in tears in the arm of a friend, Paula Barlow, after a graduation ceremony in Hildale, Monday May 22, 2017. Barlow is the 13th of 16 children, and the first to earn a high school diploma.

13th of 16, first to graduate

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune)
A princess party was thrown for several young FLDS girls in Colorado City, Ariz., Friday March 16, 2018, as a reward for reading books. Before the party, Kathy Bistline puts lipstick on her sister Lolly during their first experience with makeup.

Princess Party

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
FLDS children look on after being evicted from their Colorado City, AZ, home by the UEP Trust after refusing to sign an occupancy agreement, Wednesday May 10, 2017.

UEP Evictions: Richard Street

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Children climbing a fence at what was once a thriving community zoo, Friday November 30, 2012 in Hildale.

Over the Fence

The Graduates of Water Canyon High School

The Graduates of Water Canyon

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Boys playing on farm equipment/tractor, during school recess in Colorado City Tuesday, October 8, 2013.

Short Creek Recess

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Children take in the scene in a Hildale wash where two vehicles came to rest after a flash flood that killed nine people (with four still missing) Tuesday September 15, 2015., the day after an SUV and a van were washed off a road during a flash flood in this polygamous Utah-Arizona border community.

Flash Flood Tragedy