Editing Bunkerville, Nevada (section)

==History==
Bunkerville was settled in 1877 by [[Mormon pioneers]] from [[Utah]]. It is named after [[Edward Bunker (Mormon)|Edward Bunker]], who was already a seasoned pioneer settler before he came to Bunkerville, having pioneered the settlement at [[Santa Clara, Utah]].<ref>Bunker, Gaylen (2006). [http://bunker.org/book/chp17.html "Chapter 17: Bunkerville"]. ''The Annotated Edward Bunker''.</ref>

Bunker, on his own initiative but with permission from [[Brigham Young]], moved his large [[polygamy|polygamous]] family {{convert|25|mi}} southwest to Bunkerville after the settlers in Santa Clara had failed to live the communitarian [[United Order]]. The residents of Bunkerville, so named by Brigham Young, established a new communal effort, sharing the work and the fruits of their work, with all land being held in common. The [[communal experiment]] ended in 1880.

According to the [[Federal Writers' Project]], Bunkerville had 287 inhabitants in 1941.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409171723/http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |archive-date=2018-04-09 |url-status=live | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=14}}</ref>

In the 1950s, Bunkerville was [[Downwinders|downwind]] of [[Nevada Test Site|nuclear test sites]], which caused a spike in childhood leukemia and other cancers in the region. Residents recall playing in nuclear fallout as if it were snow, and report a lasting mistrust of the government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/09/magazine/downwind-from-the-bomb.html |title=DOWNWIND FROM THE BOMB |work=New York Times|author=Howard Ball |date=9 February 1986 |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast| url=https://www.npr.org/podcasts/606441988/bundyville |title=Bundyville |host=Leah Sottile |volume=Episode 2: The Bomb |access-date=30 May 2018 |publisher=Longreads and Oregon Public Broadcasting}}</ref>

In the spring of 2014, Bunkerville was the scene of the [[Bundy standoff]], an armed confrontation between protesters and law enforcement over the non-payment of the grazing fees by Cliven Bundy, a local rancher.