The Mormons were hoping to find the freedom to practice their religion in peace and without persecution.
The Mormon pioneers moved west (beyond what was then the United States border) to find religious freedom. They had been persecuted and kicked out of every other place they had attempted to settle in.
The signifigence of the Mormons moving west was for them to escape religious percsecution
Mormons traveled west in either a conestoga wagon or handcart and settled in Utah.
The Mormons were a religious group founded by Joseph Smith. They moved west because other religions were prosecuting them and they needed a new place where they wouldn't be bothered. They first went to Salt Lake. That is where Brigham Young said "This is the place."
The Mormons were hoping to find the freedom to practice their religion in peace and without persecution.
Mormons hoped to find a place where they could practice their religion freely without persecution. Between 1831 and 1847, they moved from New York to Ohio to Missouri to Illinois and finally to Utah in search of religious freedom.
The Mormon pioneers moved west (beyond what was then the United States border) to find religious freedom. They had been persecuted and kicked out of every other place they had attempted to settle in.
The Mormons traveled west in wagons, with handcarts and later by train.
The signifigence of the Mormons moving west was for them to escape religious percsecution
Utah was settled by Mormons.
A well established trail that they used on their journey west.
He hoped to find an all water route to the west indies.
The great American West!
Mormons were traveling west in search of religious freedom. 49ers were traveling west in search of wealth.
The Mormons were severely persecuted and kicked out of several cities, so they traveled west to what is now Utah, a land that some explorers said was uninhabitable, in order to practice their religion in peace.
Mormons traveled west in either a conestoga wagon or handcart and settled in Utah.