Brigham Young. The 2nd president of the church.
Brigham Young
Brigham Young
Utah.
In 1844 the Mormons followed Brigham Young to what would become the Utah Territory.
in present-day Utah
Utah.
Brigham Young lead the first group of Mormon Pioneers to Utah Territory (which was then Mexico) in 1847.
Utah was settled by Mormons.
Mormons founded Salt Lake City, Utah, the capital of Utah. Actually, they founded the whole state of Utah...
The Mormons were searching for a place where they could practice their religion in peace and found that place in Utah.
Brigham Young led the Mormons out of Illinois in a mass exodus to present-day Utah.
Some say that the Mormons had to denounce polygamy before Utah became a state. This may or may not be true, as the plans to make Utah a state were in action before the Church officially denounced polygamy. Either way, Mormons arrived there in 1847, Utah became a territory in 1850, Mormons ended polygamy in 1890, and Utah became a state in 1896.