Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints received a great deal of persecution, including tarring and feathering, martyrdom of the membership and leaders like Joseph Smith, Jr. and his brother Hyrum Smith, and government opposition like the Extermination Order in Missouri. To escape this persecution, most of the Church went West, led by President Brigham Young.
July 24th 1847
In 1847, a large group of Mormon Pioneers travelled from their winter quarters in Nebraska to Salt Lake City Utah. Please note this was not ALL the Mormons, but the majority of the leadership and a large group of those living in the United States at the time.
In a country that has one of it's rights as 'Freedom of Religion'. In 1847 the Mormons were not provided that right. The federal government under President Polk refused to protect the Mormons and Mobs & terrorist's burned their homes and forced them to flee for their lives from the state of Illinois. Just because the Mormons had some different religious beliefs than their Christian neighbors.
The majority of Mormons moved to Utah in 1847 after being kicked out of Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois.
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The first Mormons arrived to settle in the Great Salt Lake on July 24, 1847.
brigham young was the leader of the Mormon church in 1847
Salt Lake City, Utah
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.
Korey Colyar in Utah knows that the Mormon Pioneeds arrived in the Salt Lake Valley for the first time on July 24, 1847. It is a state holiday with the 5th largest parade in the country. There are also massive parties and fireworks displays for all to see.