Everywhere! In 1900, most Mormons lived in Utah, southern Idaho, and northern Arizona, with a few congregations in Canada, Mexico, and other US States as well as most European countries and many of the Pacific Islands. In 1999, there were millions of Mormons living all over the world, with most Mormons living outside of the United States. Church growth especially expanded in Africa, Asia, and South America during the 1900's.
Mormon pioneers settled in hundreds of cities in the western US, Canada, and Mexico. Now, they live in almost every city in the world. More well-known cities that Mormon pioneers settled are Kirtland, Ohio; Nauvoo, Illinois; and Salt Lake City, Utah.
San Juan Bautista
San Juan Bautista
Land of the Scots. "Scoti" was the name given to the Celts that lived in the area by the Romans who settled in the rest of the British Isles. It was literally the "Land of the Scoti".
The area which would be eventually settled as Wilmington was named "Waax-Waas Unk" ("Bear Place"), and was given this name by the first nations people living in the region (the Lenape).
The Aztecs.
The Mormons called the area Deseret. They proposed the State of Deseret, which actually covered much of Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, and Arizona as well.
Former slaves who moved from the South and settled on the Great Plains were known as Exodusters. They sought better economic opportunities and freedom from racial oppression by migrating to areas like Kansas in the late 19th century.
The Sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japeth. It is generally thought that ham settled in the area of Ethiopia, but there is no correlation with his name, nor any certainty that he was settled there.
That area is given the name, The Ring of Fire, and it basicly the land surrounds the Pacific Ocean.
Terra firma is the name given to the Earth's dry surface.
Terra firma is the name given to the Earth's dry surface.
The Mormons had a penchant for using biblical place names. Not only Zion, but also Moab, Goshen, Jordan River, Mt. Carmel. Looking outside Utah, the Strangite Mormons who settled Beaver Island, Michigan gave it Lake Geneserath, Mt. Pisgah, and another Jordan River.