The Mormons traveled to Utah and settled in the Salt Lake Valley. They established the city Salt Lake City.
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brigham young
Mormons
Salt Lake City, Utah
No, Brigham Young did not find Salt Lake City. He built it. He lead the Mormons from Illinois to Utah, and they built a city on shores of the great salt lake.
They didn't.
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City, Utah
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.
You are probably thinking of Salt Lake City, Utah. They built hundreds of cities in the deserts of the west, but Salt Lake City is the largest and most well known. They also were the first settlers in Las Vegas, but aren't known for building it.
The Mormons went from Palmyra, NY to Kirtland, OH to Navoo, IL to Salt Lake City, UT