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The Mormon Trail led to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah.
Mormon pioneers.Brigham Young led the caravan of Mormons across the Midwest into the Salt Lake Valley
Brigham Young lead the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley after the death of Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith had prophesied that the Church would one day move to the Rocky Mountains.
Brigham Young led the Mormons out of Illinois in a mass exodus to present-day Utah.
Brigham Young was the leader who led Mormons on a trek to Salt Lake.
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The Mormons were settled in Nauvoo, Illinois on the banks of the Mississippi river. They were then forced to leave in 1846, essentially the then United States and travel to what is now Utah. Brigham Young, the prophet at the time, led them there, as he saw in a vision the place where they were to go and flourish, as they did in Utah. They reached the Salt Lake valley in 1847.
The city was founded in 1847 as Great Salt Lake City by a group of Mormon pioneers led by their prophet, Brigham Young.
Yes. Brigham Young lead most of the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake after Joseph Smith was murdered.
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