Brigham Young was the leader who led Mormons on a trek to Salt Lake.
Brigham Young
The first Mormons arrived to settle in the Great Salt Lake on July 24, 1847.
The city was founded in 1847 as Great Salt Lake City by a group of Mormon pioneers led by their prophet, Brigham Young.
The Great Salt Lake.
the mormons
Yes. Brigham Young lead most of the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake after Joseph Smith was murdered.
The Mormons traveled to Utah and settled in the Salt Lake Valley. They established the city Salt Lake City.
They didn't really make a settlement on the Great Salt Lake, as there is swampy marshland surrounding the lake for several miles. The first city they settled in the area was Great Salt Lake City, later renamed Salt Lake City, which is about 20 miles from the nearest shore of the Great Salt Lake.Salt Lake City and other Mormon settlements in the area were a part of a territory the Mormons named Deseret.
The Great Basin area, near the Great Salt Lake. What is now Salt Lake City, Utah.
Salt Lake City
The Saints arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake on 24 July 1847.
Mormon pioneers.Brigham Young led the caravan of Mormons across the Midwest into the Salt Lake Valley