Brigham Young

Brigham Young was author of an economic experiment called the United Order wherein all the Saints who wished to participate covenanted to share their talents, time, and possessions with one another, and to cooperate in communities very much like modern-day Israeli kibbutzim.

Those cooperative communities produced a variety of items such as clothing, farm goods, furniture, and even alcohol. But they were neither owned nor operated by Brigham Young individually.

It is likely that he used different information to make different decisions at different times; however, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are expected to make every decision a matter of prayer.

No, he didn't. Although the he called himself a prophet Joseph Smith prophesied the Church would eventually have to move to the Rocky Mountains to find peace, he was murdered before the move was carried out. The murder was directly tied to his claim that God condoned polygamy. Brigham Young lead the majority of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Salt Lake City two years after the death of Joseph Smith. Those who remained in the Midwest began a new denomination called the Community of Christ.

Yes. Brigham Young lead most of the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake after Joseph Smith was murdered.

Brigham Young lead them after Smith's death to Utah.

Of Brigham Young's many jobs, the most prominant would be the second prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, more commonly known as Mormons, moving thousands of church members from Illinios to the Salt Lake Valley by wagon and handcart train, he was also the Gorerner of the territory of Utah, and the American Ambassador the the Native Americans.

Ironically, there is no record of Brigham Young ever claiming to be a prophet. However, he was considered a leader by many, and was the President of the Quorum of Twelve at the time that Joseph and Hyrum were murdered. Most Mormons followed him west after the martyrdom, and he was officially made President of the Church in December of 1847 (6 months after their arrival in Utah and 3 1/2 years after Joseph was killed).

Salt Lake city of course...then all over Utah and surroundings

Brigham Young was the 2nd prophet in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is most accredited with leading the Mormons from their city of Nauvoo in Illinois across the plains into Utah, after the martyrdom of their first prophet Joseph Smith. He was also the governor of Salt Lake and began the school that would later become Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His doctrinal contributions include Doctrine & Covenants 136.

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Brigham Young has been called the 'American Moses' because he delivered his followers from an oppressive environment into their 'promised land' - just like the Biblical Moses.

Mary Van Cott was the 51st woman that Brigham Young married, although he was married to only 24 other women at the time of his marriage to Mary (due to death or divorce of 27 other wives). Mary Van Cott was previously married and divorced from Brigham Young's stepson, James Thornton Cobb (the son of Henry Cobb and Brigham's 4th wife Augusta Adams).

• No he did not say that it was a fairytale would you believe that and ask this question?

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Brigham Young was known for writing messages for later pioneer groups on buffalo skulls. This was actually quite common on the western trails; buffalo skulls were often used as trail markers, just like modern day street signs.

Books at BYU cost the same as at most other universities. Expect about $100 per textbook for the general classes, and up to $200 or $300 for more specialized classes.

The Mormons were persecuted for various reasons in the eastern United States. Their religious beliefs, while certainly Christian, were unorthodox. They also tended to congregate together and form their own large and prosperous settlements, which represented a political threat to many states. Because Mormons tended to vote similarly (though through no direct coercion from their leaders), many non-Mormons felt they would be outvoted in any election. This and other factors lead to widespread persecution, which eventually lead to their expulsion from Ohio, Missouri, and finally Illinois. General Boggs issued an extermination order that stated that Mormons were enemies of the state and should be driven from Illinois.

Joseph Smith, the first President and Prophet of the Church, had already made plans to move the Saints (or members of the Church) to the West and had even marked out the Salt Lake Valley as a possibility. He was martyred before any action could be taken, however.

Leadership then came to Brigham Young, the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Acting under direction from God, he lead the Mormons in organized companies across the plains. At one point he had a dream of an angel, who was standing on a cone-shapped peak and pointing to a valley bellow. Later, when the first company reached the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young recognized the peak from his vision and climbed to the top. After looking into the Valley, he declared, "This is the place," meaning this is where God had directed him to bring the Mormons.

Some of the Saints felt that it was madness to settle in the valley. There was little water, a vast desert, and a great, salty lake. One explorer by the name of Jim Bridger said he would pay a thousand dollars for the first bushel of corn raised in the Salt Lake Valley because, he said, it could not be done.

Brigham Young replied, "This valley is the place God has appointed for His people. We have been kicked out of the frying-pan into the fire, out of the fire into the middle of the floor, and here we are and here we will stay. God has shown me that this is the spot to locate His people, and here is where they will prosper; He will temper the elements for the good of His Saints. He will rebuke the frost and the land shall become fruitful. Bretheren, go, now, and plant your seeds."

The valley did prosper under the hard work of the Saints, and soon became very fruitful indeed. The valley was useful for other reasons as well. It allowed the Saints to congregate without fear of persecution; they had no neighbors to make nervous, and the desert was so worthless that no one else would want it. They could all receive instruction from their prophet in a day and age when mass media communication was still not available. Its isolation proved ideal, and it lasted until the 1850s with the coming of the transcontinental railroad.

I don't know if you could really say that Brigham Young founded BYU. BYU originally began as an extension of the University of Utah, then called the University of Deseret. Brigham Young had purchased a plot of land in Provo to be used for that extension school. In 1876, the Provo school officially broke off from the University of Deseret to become "Brigham Young Acadamy", which was a K-12 school. In the 1890's the Acadamy began to teach some college-level courses. It wasn't until 1903 that Brigham Young Acadamy was split into Brigham Young High School and Brigham Young University. Brigham Young High School was closed in 1968.

Technically, no. A pedophile is a person who is only sexually attracted to children who have not yet reached puberty. In modern times the term is misused to also describe any adult who has sex with adolescents under the age of 18. Brigham Young had many wives. One of his wives was 15, three of his wives were 16, one of his wives was 17, and three of his wives were 18 at the time of their marriages. All these were considered to be of marriageable age for the time period. It was quite common to be married in your late teens in the 1850's and 1860's.

No one killed Brigham Young. He died at the age of 76 after his liver ruptured. You may be confusing him with Joseph Smith. Brigham Young took over the presidency of the LDS Church after Joseph Smith was murdered. Joseph Smith was martyred by a mob (shot 4 times) while imprisoned in Liberty Jail, Missouri on unspecified charges.