The Mormons were hoping to find the freedom to practice their religion in peace and without persecution.
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 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.
Mormons moved west to escape religious scrutiny.
The Mormons were searching for a place where they could practice their religion in peace and found that place in Utah.
Unlike most of the settlers in the west, the Mormons were mostly families seeking religious freedom, rather than young single men hoping to make money.
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.
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.
Utah.
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.
Persecution. The Mormons were chased out of Missouri and asked to leave Illinois... so they moved further west, where there was nobody to kick them out.