Former Zions co-operative mercantile institution ZCMI in Franklin, Idaho

In terms of economic development, the Church and the local economy were very intertwined in the early years in the agricultural and trade interests of the Mormon realm. In 1868 the cooperative movement began in earnest where the Mormons were asked to only buy goods sold by local Mormon cooperative stores and not trade with outsiders. The Zion s Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) was formed (Fig. 109.3). 

While the ZCMI department store chain was sold by the Church at the end of the twentieth eentury, the Salt Lake ZCMI s wrought iron facade from the previous 

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Fig. 109.3 Former Zions co-operative mercantile institution (ZCMI) in Franklin, Idaho...

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