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Why did the Mormons go west in 1847?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

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.

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