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Pretty much nothing. There were a few smaller Native American tribes in the area, but other than that it was a bare land filled with grass and scrub brush, surrounded by high mountains that are covered in snow year-round.

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Q: What did the Mormons find when young and his followers reached the Great Salt Lake area?
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