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About 70,000. The first wagon trains arrived in the year 1847 with about 2,000 people. Wagon trains continued to come to Salt Lake City until the railroad finally came to Utah (Promontory Point) May 10, 1869.
Entry: 1847, Aug, 26, 'Between six and seven hundred wagons, with about 2,000 souls, arrived in the valley that fall.' (LDS Church Chonology 1805-1914, page 34).
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What religious group came to Utah?
In 1844 the Mormons followed Brigham Young to what would become the Utah Territory.
Did the Mormons came from Utah?
They really came from all over the place, but they mostly came from Nauvoo, Illinoise. But were forced to leave. Then i think they went to Missuri after Illinoise. Then after Missurie i think that was when they finally came here to Utah. And their group leader, Brigham Young, looked at the Utah Valley and said," This is the place."
How many Mormons did brigham young move Salt Lake City?
About 2000 came to Utah in 1847 with Brigham Young.Entry: 1847: Aug. "Thurs. 26 - '...Between six and seven hundred wagons, with about two thousand souls enter the valley that fall." (LDS Church Chronology 1805-1914, page 34)But the Mormons kept coming and about 70,000 Mormons came to Salt Lake City between 1847 and 1867.
When did the Mormons in Utah try to take over the US government?
Never. The Mormons moved to Utah and set up their own government for awhile, until the federal government took control, but the Mormons never tried to take over the US government. That would have been so impossible that the thought probably never came up. A group of 50-60 thousand (including children) living 2,000 miles from Washington D.C. at that time would never dream of such an undertaking.
How did the seagulls become endangered.Was it because of the Mormons in salt lake?
Seagulls are not endangered. They are protected because they are the state bird of Utah, not because they are going extinct. The Mormons did not kill them, they welcomed them! The legend says that the Mormon's crops were being eaten by crickets, but the seagulls came and ate all the crickets, allowing the Mormons to grow food and survive through the winter. This story has become known as "The Miracle of the Seagulls" and is the reason why the seagull is ironically the state bird of landlocked Utah, which is nearly a thousand miles from the nearest ocean.
Who settle the area of Utah?
after the lds (Mormons) people were run out of Nauvo they all walked all the way from Illinois to Utah. eventually all the lds people migrated there and soon there was enough people to make Utah a state.
Where did the Utah Ute Indians live?
The utes came to utah in the 1880 it is believed that they came sometime in the year of 1886
What other groups in earlier American history came to north America for similar reasons as the Mormons?
The Mormons did not 'come to' America, they began here. They travelled across the country and eventually left it in search of religious freedom. Shortly after leaving, the territory where they had moved was taken over by America in the Mexican American War and they were once again living on American soil. Nearly 200 years prior to the formation of Mormonism in America, several religious groups came from Europe in search of religious freedom, including the Puritains and the Brethren.
What is the exploration of Utah?
people came and found Utah and something about the Ute's tribe
Who came up with Utah's motto?
the governer of the state when ever it was a motto of Utah
What were the carts called the mormons pulled in the western movements?
Most Mormon pioneers came by wagons pulled by oxen or horses. The poorest Mormons came by handcart.See images of Mormon Pioneer handcarts at the "Related Links" below.
Did the Mormons have to pay for Utah?
No. When the Mormons first arrived in 1847, Utah was a part of Mexico, however only a year later Utah became a part of the United States as part of the Mexican American War. The United States actually encouraged people to move west so that they could cover and defend their vast land area. Utah was considered "uninhabitable" by many, but the US government didn't mind the Mormons attempting to settle the land - it meant there was an American presence in a place that their otherwise wouldn't be. In 1887-1890, the United States government siezed all properties owned by the Mormon Church valued over $50,000. However,most of the land in Utah was owned by individuals and not the Church itself. The Church did not have to buy back their land, it was given back when they agreed to certain legal requirements imposed upon them by the government. The Mormons and the Mormon church were able to aquire the land from the government for free, which was common practice for all western settlers at the time, but they did and do have to pay property taxes on the value of the land, based on the government's appraisal. Once Utah became an official territory and state of the United States, the land came under government control, and the government had the right to sell or give away the land as they pleased. Additionally, the Mormons never owned nor sought to own Utah as a political entity (i.e. buying ownership of Utah, its assets, and it's government so as to declare it independent of the United States), only to own, develop, and live on the land in the region.
