The Mormons In Salt Lake
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- The Mormons in Salt Lake
- It was an area that was uninhabited. Nobody could attack them. Part of Mexico
- Separated areas of land to people's needs. Had an irrigation system.
- There was no private ownership of Land or water.
- Couldn't become a state until it banned polygamy.
- 1858. Mormons offered pardon for Massacre. Accepted gentile gov and US control
- Couldn't become a state until it banned polygamy.
- Young became the first governor of Utah in1896.
- Recruits from Europe
- Wanted it to be an independent state (Deseret) in 1848. America gained the land
- Ignored US laws which caused non-Mormon gov to be spent in 1857.
- 140 non-Mormon travellers killed. Blamed local Indians. Mountain Meadow Massacre
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