(Church History Library) Members of the Washakie Ward at the Salt Lake Temple. The Shoshone Latter-day Saint congregation was formed in 1880 and continued to operate until 1966. A new digital database preserves the history of its roughly 1,600 members.
Tamarra Kemsley has been a reporter at The Tribune since 2021 but has been covering religion and politics since 2019. Her work has appeared in Religion News Service, the New York Post, and Religion & Politics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Brigham Young University and a master’s in Islamic studies from Hebrew University.