Editing Koreshan Unity (section)

==Founding==
The Koreshan Unity started in the 1870s in [[New York City]], where Teed started preaching his beliefs. Teed took the name "Koresh", the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] translation of his name [[Cyrus (name)|Cyrus]], meaning shepherd.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Florida State Parks |title=History |url=https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/koreshan-state-park/history |website=floridastateparks.org |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref>

He formed short-lived groups in New York City and [[Moravia, New York]].<ref name="florida sla">{{cite web |last1=State Library and Archives of Florida |last2=Florida Memory |title=Koreshan Unity |url=https://www.floridamemory.com/learn/exhibits/koreshan/origins/ |website=floridamemory.com |access-date=15 September 2021 |quote=... in 1880 founded a communal settlement in Moravia, New York. }}</ref> After finding it hard to find converts in New York, he moved to [[Chicago]] in 1886.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tarlow |first1=Sarah A. |title=Representing Utopia: The Case of Cyrus Teed's Koreshan Unity Settlement |journal=Historical Archaeology |date=2006 |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=89–99 |doi=10.1007/BF03376716 |jstor=25617317 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25617317 |access-date=18 January 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Teed's followers formed a [[commune (intentional community)|commune]] in Chicago in 1888 called Beth-Ophra. Koreshan affiliated "study groups" also appeared in Baltimore, Portland, San Francisco, Springfield and Lynn, Massachusetts, and elsewhere.<ref name="Winsboro2004">{{cite journal |last1=Winsboro |first1=Irvin D.S. |title=The Koreshan Communitarians' Papers and Publications in Estero, 1894-1963 |journal=The Florida Historical Quarterly |date=Fall 2004 |volume=83 |issue=2 |pages=174–180 |url=http://palmm.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A25554 |access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref>