The Mormons 2
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- The Mormons 2
- The Mormons settled in Salt Lake City
- Preparations for a move from Nauvoo began in 1845
- Anti-Mormon violence increased i 1846
- An advanced party left to set up winter quarters on the banks of the Missouri River at Palette River Junction
- In 1847 Young led the Mormons across the Great Plains along the Palette River
- They were organised like an army but deaths still occured
- They reached Salt Lake City on 24th July.
- Young picked this place despite the dry, harsh conditions. The Mormons believed that the area was geographically similar to Israel
- With much work they built Salt Lake City
- Building started almost immediately
- Young called the area 'Dessert'
- Wanted it to become a Mormon state, independent of the USA and reaching to the Pacific at San Diego
- The first crops were destroyed by a plague of grasshoppers
- Despite this the Mormons were encouraged to come to 'Dessert'
- Increased numbers were needed for success
- Despite this the Mormons were encouraged to come to 'Dessert'
- In 1848, Salt Lake City was handed over to Mexico and became Utah, a territory of the USA
- No access to the sea or independence, but Brighton Young became governor
- The Mormons ignored US laws. The Danites suppressed opposition and attacked US officials
- In 1857, the US appointed a non-Mormon governor, who arrives with 2500 US troops
- Later that year 140 non- Mormon settlers was massacred at Mountain Meadows
- The Mormons blamed the Indians, but others suspected Mormon militiamen
- The modern Mormon church believes that local Mormons carried out the attack without Brighams Young's knowledge
- The Mormons blamed the Indians, but others suspected Mormon militiamen
- Later that year 140 non- Mormon settlers was massacred at Mountain Meadows
- Utah wasn't allowed to become a state while it still practised polygamy
- Young died in 1877 and the Mormons finally abandoned the practise in 1890
- Utah was made a state in 1896
- Young died in 1877 and the Mormons finally abandoned the practise in 1890
- Building started almost immediately
- The Mormons settled in Salt Lake City
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