The Mormon Trail
The Mormon pioneers knew that they were headed to the valley of the great salt lake before they left Illinois. Some options briefly considered were other valleys nearby and areas in California territory.
Mormon pioneers.Brigham Young led the caravan of Mormons across the Midwest into the Salt Lake Valley
Mormon Pioneers - members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - traveled from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Great Salt Lake.
The Mormon pioneers knew that they were headed to the valley of the great salt lake before they left Illinois. Some options briefly considered were other valleys nearby and areas in California territory.
Yes he was great he was a leader of the mormon church and had a clean soul. He beleived in his religion and showed it by his good works.
The Mormons (the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) believed that they could escape persecution by moving west. They were forced out of Illinois and Missouri and finally went all the way to Utah, where they built their temple and practiced their religion in safety.
The Saints arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake on 24 July 1847.
Brigham Young. He is called the "Great Colonizer of the West."
The mormon trail was important because it was one of the largest mass migrations in US History. It stretched from a previously large city named Nauvoo in Illinios and ended in the Great Salt Lake basin in modern day Utah. It also saved the mormon faith. If the mormons had stayed in Nauvoo, they may have been scattered or killed by angry mobs, who killed the Mormon's leader Joseph Smith in Carthage. Illinois.
The city was founded in 1847 as Great Salt Lake City by a group of Mormon pioneers led by their prophet, Brigham Young.
Brigham Young was the leader of the Church at the head of the first group of Mormon pioneers. Later groups were lead by various trail guides.