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United by fundamentalist Mormon beliefs, one polygamous group helps another by bringing truckloads of food

Shared religious beliefs prompt the Kingston sect to deliver supplies — via a 740-mile round trip — to their FLDS counterparts in Short Creek, Beaver and Huntington Canyon.

Trent Nelson  |  The Salt Lake Tribune
Gabriel Owen and his daughter Kathrynn walk to their truck in a Hurricane hotel parking lot before delivering three tons of potatoes to members of the FLDS polygamous sect in Colorado City, Ariz., Saturday July 15, 2017. Owen and the Davis County Cooperative Society have been offering service and donations to needy FLDS members who were evicted from UEP homes in Hildale and Colorado City, Ariz.

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Gabriel Owen and his daughter Kathrynn walk to their truck in a Hurricane hotel parking lot before delivering three tons of potatoes to members of the FLDS polygamous sect in Colorado City, Ariz., Saturday July 15, 2017. Owen and the Davis County Cooperative Society have been offering service and donations to needy FLDS members who were evicted from UEP homes in Hildale and Colorado City, Ariz.