Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" church) believe that God lead the pioneers to safety in Utah. Each of the hundreds of wagon or handcart groups that came was lead by an experienced trail guide. The first group to arrive in Salt Lake City was lead by Brigham Young, who acted as President of the Church after the murder of Joseph Smith. He had received a vision of the Salt Lake valley, so he knew the right place when he saw it.
Well, Brigham Young was the leader of the church at the time and physically lead the people to the area, but many Mormons would answer that God lead them, because they believe that Brigham Young was guided through revelations from God.
Before Joseph Smith was killed, he prophesied that the saints would have to move west to the Rocky Mountains in order to find peace. Shortly after he was killed, the local government asked the Mormons to leave the state in order to preserve the public peace. Believing that Brigham Young was Joseph's rightful successor and believing he was directed by God, most of the saints followed him west to what is now Utah. Others who did not agree with Brigham Young ended up following other leaders to other states, most of them to Missouri or Michigan.
Brigham Young lead the first group of Mormon Pioneers to Salt Lake City, Utah. Later groups were lead by experienced trail guides who had traveled the trail with Brigham Young.
In 1844 the Mormons followed Brigham Young to what would become the Utah Territory.
Brigham Young lead the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) west. He was the second president of that church.
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The Mormons traveled to Utah and settled in the Salt Lake Valley. They established the city Salt Lake City.
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Mormons founded Salt Lake City, Utah, the capital of Utah. Actually, they founded the whole state of Utah...
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No, Brigham Young did not find Salt Lake City. He built it. He lead the Mormons from Illinois to Utah, and they built a city on shores of the great salt lake.
The state capital of Utah is Salt Lake City.
I live in salt lake and would say it has the largest concentration of mormans as percentage of total population. But most mormans in the US live out of slc. Out of utah in fact. ---------------- No, definately not. While Salt Lake City is the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church), most American Mormons live outside of Utah. (There are 6,060,000 baptized Mormons in the United States, and 1,884,000 of those live in Utah.) So, less than 1/3 of American Mormons live in Utah. Most Mormons in Utah live outside of Salt Lake City. The city itself is actually quite liberal and diverse, and the homes are small and expensive compared to the rest of the state. The suburbs surrounding Salt Lake City are where the majority of Mormons in Utah live. Some of the suburbs are more than 90% Mormon. About 80,000 of the 6,060,000 American Mormons live in Salt Lake City, which is just over 1.3%.
Salt Lake City is located in Utah and is a city in Utah.
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