Joseph Smith had made a city plan for the city of Zion, which was never built. This plan was a grid pattern with religious and cultural centers at the center of each neighborhood, and allowing each family to have a large backyard in order to raise their own food. When the Mormon pioneers moved to Salt Lake City, they adapted this plan a little (such as making the streets incredibly wide), and then implemented it. Many other pioneer cities in the west follow a similar grid pattern. It is easy to find your way around and give directions, so the grid pattern continues to be followed today.
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Mormon pioneers.Brigham Young led the caravan of Mormons across the Midwest into the Salt Lake Valley
The Mormon Trail led to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah.
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The Mormon Pioneers officially arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1849.
Mormon Lake
The church members were moving to the Salt Lake Valley to escape from persecution in Illinois and Missouri.
The Mormon pioneers ended their migration at huge empty valley with very little fresh water and even less vegetation, inhabited by a handful of Native Americans. The valley is now called the Salt Lake Valley and is has a population of over 1 million.
The Saints arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake on 24 July 1847.
They thought the land had alot of crickets and seagulls. It was also very cold. It appeared to be a desert.
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.
The Mormon Trail ended in Salt Lake City, Utah. Originally, there was nothing at the end but an empty desert valley and a really stinky salty lake, but the pioneers began building a city, so that by the time people stopped traveling the Mormon trail (due to the railroad coming), there was a big thriving city at the end of thet trail.
No, settlers did not primarily use the Salt Lake Trail to reach Oregon. Instead, they traveled the Oregon Trail, which was the main route for those heading to Oregon Territory. The Salt Lake Trail was primarily used by Mormon pioneers traveling to Utah, particularly to Salt Lake City. While some routes may have overlapped, the two trails served different migration purposes.