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Polygamous marriages performed in masks; sealings in ice houses; secrets and oaths. The post-Second Manifesto environment was a murky period of transition. After deposed apostle Matthias Cowley stopped officiating in clandestine marriages, other figures came to the forefront. Perhaps the most important was Davis County patriarch Judson Tolman. Who was he? Where did he get his authority? Join Sunstone Mormon History Podcast hosts Lindsay Hansen Park and Bryan Buchanan for a discussion of this fascinating character.