The Historic Cannon-Barlow Home.

George Quayle Cannon (January 11, 1827 – April 12, 1901) was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and served in the First Presidency. He was the church's chief political strategist and was dubbed "the Mormon Premier" and "the Mormon Richelieu" by the press. He was also a five-time Territorial Delegate to the US Congress. The original tract of land was purchased from the United States Government in 1870 by Angus M. Cannon.  In 1871 George Q. Cannon purchased the land from Angus Cannon. Plural marriage: Cannon practiced plural marriage and was married to five women simultaneously.  Cannon frequently spoke in justification of the practice. When the Supreme Court upheld the ban on plural marriage in the 1879 Reynolds v. United States decision, Cannon stated; "Our crime has been: We married women instead of seducing them; we reared children instead o