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Why did the Mormons leave New York and eventually settle in Salt Lake City Utah?
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In short, the purpose of emmigrating was to find a safe place to practice their religion. The Latter-day Saints (Mormons) were subject to a great deal of persecution, and even mob attacks and murders, wherever they settled -- initially in New York, then Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. The governor of Missouri even issued an extermination order authorizing the murder of Mormons in the state.
After the murder of their prophet and president in 1844, the Mormons emigrated along the Mormon Trail to the valley of the Great Salt Lake, which was mostly uninhabited by anyone, and began to settle the territory there.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (The Mormons) fled persecution in the Midwestern U.S. in the 19th century eventually settling in?
The Mormons eventually settled in Salt Lake City, Utah and the surrounding areas.
Where did Brigham young eventually lead many Mormons to?
The Great Basin area, near the Great Salt Lake. What is now Salt Lake City, Utah.
Why Mormons founded Utah?
The Mormons went to Utah to avoid persecution by hostile mobs. They had been chased out of almost every city or state they had inhabited or founded. Some had been killed and Missouri even made it legal to kill any Mormon of any age if they didn't leave their property and much of their belongings and leave the state.
What is the link between the Mormons and the Salt Lake and Salt Lake City?
The Mormons traveled to Utah and settled in the Salt Lake Valley. They established the city Salt Lake City.
What did the Mormons build at Salt Lake City?
Salt Lake City
What Great Lake did Mormons settle near?
Early Mormons began a settlement called Voree (in what is now the city of Burlington) in Wisconsin, near Lake Michigan. This group eventually became cut off from the main body of the Church (largely because of their distance from Church headquarters) and has now become a separate Church. Ironically, they share the official name of the Church, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints", but are not connected with the 13 million member Church based in Salt Lake City. Members of this group are often called "Strangite Mormons". Or, perhaps you are meaning the other great lake... the Great Salt Lake in Salt Lake City, that the main body of Mormons settled, and are currently based, near. (You can learn more about the Strangite and the mainstream Mormon Church from the "Related Links" below.)
What city was found by the Mormons in the year or 1847?
Salt Lake City, Utah
Do Mormons completely control Salt Lake City?
No.
Mormons founded which us state capitol city?
Mormons founded Salt Lake City, Utah, the capital of Utah. Actually, they founded the whole state of Utah...
What path did the Mormons take from New York to salkt lake city?
The Mormons went from Palmyra, NY to Kirtland, OH to Navoo, IL to Salt Lake City, UT
Large city built by Mormons now a capital?
Salt Lake City, Utah
Who escorted the Mormons to Salt Lake City?
brigham young
