One of many structures located on the Four Corners property visible from Chopper 4. There were also trucks, motorcycles, gardens -- but no people. A member of a polygamist sect based in Texas that has been making national headlines owns a 100-acre property with several buildings in the Four Corners area.
The land near Mancos, Colorado – about an hour north of Farmington – was quietly purchased in 2003 by a man named David Allred, the son-in-law of self proclaimed prophet Warren Jeffs.
Their sect – the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints – broke away from the Mormon Church when it renounced polygamy. |