Credit: Indra Projects on Unsplash This story was originally written for the Substack, Civic Being, and is republished with permission from the author. In 1874, a bold bishop and an inventive businessman paired up to build a movement that reshaped civic life for nearly half a century. And yet, most of us have never heard of it. The 1870s were a fertile moment in US history, shaped by the social and economic upheaval that followed the Civil War. …