House of Aaron

I almost hesitate to call this history, as it's really just an odd bit of trivia, really. I suppose it'll be interesting to some people, so I'll put it here anyways. 

Utah is just a rich repository of cult-like and actual cult groups throughout it's history, and the House Aaron was really brought to the public consciousness by a 2005 publication by the Utah Attorney General's Office and the Arizona Attorney General's Office listing "extremist groups" that practice plural marriage. This outraged the leadership of the House of Aaron, as they vocally expressed their displeasure at being listed as such by Utah and Arizona when they do not actually practice it, and have stated that it was never a part of their doctrine. Utah and Arizona have since retracted their inclusion in the list of extremist polygamous groups. 

Yes, they have an official logo, and that is actually it. All pics sourced from the Wiki page.

Despite being started by a former member the LDS church, they don't consider it an offshoot or variation of the LDS church at all and doesn't include the Book of Mormon or any other LDS scripture as canonical.   Dr. M. L. Glendenning was the founder of the sect, which started sometime around 1944-45, after being ex-communicated by the LDS church, and they have a number of distinct teachings, doctrine and observations.

The official communal settlement of the sect is located in Eskdale, Utah, named after the same town/village in Scotland. The town was founded in 1955 by Dr. Glendenning as well, specifically to be a very remote, isolationist community for the House of Aaron.

A pic of Dr. Glendenning, founder of the House of Aaron.

As for scripture, current House of Aaron leader John Conrad states unequivocally that the Bible is "the undisputed basis of our doctrine and teaching." However, in 1978, the Levitical Writings was published, which is a compilation of 1944's Book of Elias, or the Record of John, 1948's New Revelations for the Book of Elias, or the Record of John, and 1955's Disciple Book, but the sect has stated the "Levitical Writings" is only mentioned and studied on occasion but is not used for doctrine.

For the sect, the sabbath is considered as Saturday (seventh day) with services being held on that day, priesthood is believed to be preordained, but not to be ordained in mortality, and believes in a similar (but somewhat different) philosophy to the Holy Trinity. 

Initially, there was a mandatory uniform to be worn within the commune: the men in blue slacks and shirts with "Aaron" embroidered in gold over the pocket and women in blue and white dresses with "Levi" embroidered on their small, white caps. However, over the past several decades, the community has slowly become more open to the local valley and surrounding areas, and has relaxed the dress code. 

Unlike many other sects/cults in the state, they are particularly notable for not really being embroiled in any kind of noteworthy scandal/controversy/crimes that I can find, so kudos to them for that, I suppose. Also, unlike a majority of offshoots from the LDS religion, they still have somewhere around 1500-2000 members, while a majority of them today are defunct/non-existent. Due to the longstanding isolationist nature of the group, there still isn't much known about them in public circles, but oddly, they do have on official site (that is somewhat unfinished) that you can go to here: http://www.houseofaaron.org/