The Mormons then started building temples and houses churches etc. Some moved on to other places but most stayed. They just started life over. They farmed, built, and worked.
Brigham Young settled Utah, because he (and all the other Mormons) wanted to live somewhere where they wouldn't be persecuted for their religion.
Mormons(Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints).
Mormons traveled west in either a conestoga wagon or handcart and settled in Utah.
James K. Polk was president when the Mormons first settled Utah in 1847. Grover Cleveland was president in 1896 when it became a state,
The Mormons were searching for a place where they could practice their religion in peace and found that place in Utah.
Utah was settled by Mormons.
Brigham Young settled Utah, because he (and all the other Mormons) wanted to live somewhere where they wouldn't be persecuted for their religion.
They settled in Utah. There are also alot in Idaho and California, but Utah is the main state.
Mormons(Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints).
Mormons settled much of the west. Church headquarters was built in Salt Lake City, but hundreds of towns all over Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada, and California were settled by Mormons.
The Mormons.
Mormons traveled west in either a conestoga wagon or handcart and settled in Utah.
Many of what are now the Western United States were settled by "Mormons." You may be referring to Utah, however, which was the primary destination of the move west.
While no official state nickname is the "Mormon State", Utah is sometimes called the Mormon state because Mormons settled it and the majority of residents (60%) are practicing Mormons. While Mormons live in all states and almost all countries, about 10% of the 14.5 million Mormons worldwide live in Utah.
Utah. Mormons settled the majority of the towns in Utah, southern Idaho, and northern Arizona. This area is sometimes called the "Mormon Curtain".
James K. Polk was president when the Mormons first settled Utah in 1847. Grover Cleveland was president in 1896 when it became a state,
The area settled or founded by Mormons covered all of present day Utah with parts of Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and California. The Mormons proposed that this area be called Deseret Territory.