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   Utah

   Brigham Young led the first Mormon pioneers to the Great Salt Lake Valley.
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   Blood atonement

   When Brigham Young led the Saints from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Salt Lake valley beginning in the mid-1840s, he and his followers intended to establish a theocracy independent of the United States, where there would be no distinction between church and state. ... At a meeting on September 21, 1856 attended by both Young and Grant, Grant stated that there were a great many covenant-breaking members in the church "who have committed sins that cannot be forgiven through baptism."
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   Fancher party's and Mormons' backgrounds and the Mountain Meadows massacre

   The party reached Salt Lake City with about 120 members. ... Brigham Young led the majority of Mormons westward in 1846 to avoid civil war.
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   History of Salt Lake City

   Brigham Young led the Saints west after the death of their church founder, Joseph Smith, Jr. ... The Great Depression hit Salt Lake City especially hard.
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   Salt Lake City, Utah

   The city was founded in 1847 by a group of Mormon pioneers led by their prophet, Brigham Young, who fled hostility and violence in the Midwestern United States. ... Great Salt Lake
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   Salt Lake City

   The city was founded in 1847 as Great Salt Lake City by a group of Mormon pioneers led by their prophet, Brigham Young, who fled hostility and violence in the Midwestern United States.
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   Brigham Young

   “While brother Joseph was referring to the provinces of God, I was led to reflect that there is no act, no principle, no power belonging to the Deity that is purely philosophical. ... This building remains a Salt Lake City landmark, together with the Beehive House, another Brigham Young family home.
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   Utah War

   The Bannock led a raid on the Latter-day Saint mission of Fort Limhi in February 1858. ... July 23, 1857: Rockwell and Smoot arrive in Salt Lake City and inform Brigham Young of the government's plans.
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   Great Salt Lake

   Great Salt Lake lends its name to Salt Lake City, originally named "Great Salt Lake City" by then-President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon or LDS Church) Brigham Young, who led a group of Mormon Pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley southeast of the lake on July 24, 1847.
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    Mountain Meadows massacre

    For the decade prior to the Fancher party's arrival there, Utah Territory existed as a theocracy or theodemocracy led by Brigham Young. ... Cache Valley | Colorado Plateau | Dixie | Great Basin | Great Salt Lake | Great Salt Lake Desert | Mojave Desert | Monument Valley | San Rafael Swell | Uinta Mountains | Wasatch Back | Wasatch Front | Wasatch Range

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• Utah,
• Blood atonement,
• Fancher party's and Mormons' backgrounds and the Mountain Meadows massacre,
• History of Salt Lake City,
• Salt Lake City, Utah,
• Salt Lake City,
• Brigham Young,
• Utah War,
• Great Salt Lake,
• Mountain Meadows massacre