The Meadeau View Institute was a conservative organization that operated in Duck Creek, Utah, from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
William H. Doughty, the institute's founder and money manager, accepted over $1 million in donations and loans from backers in an attempt to build a conservative Utopia in Duck Creek and Mammoth Valley, Utah (near Hatch).
In December 1986, Doughty purchased a vacant lodge in Duck Creek from Harry and Gabrielle Moyer, who carried the note for him.
[citation needed] During the winter of 1993, snow build-up from a record snowfall led to a propane explosion at the Meadeau View lodge.
The Deseret News reported that participants who lost money were reluctant to come forward to authorities, due to their inherent distrust for the government.