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   Fancher party's and Mormons' backgrounds and the Mountain Meadows massacre

   Despite the distance to these outlying colonies, local Mormon leaders received frequent visits from church headquarters, and were under Young's direct doctrinal and political control. ... Brigham Young led the majority of Mormons westward in 1846 to avoid civil war.
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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. ... The widely-publicized massacre was a mass killing of Arkansan emigrants by a Mormon militia led by prominent Mormon leader John D. Lee, who was later executed for his role in the killings.
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   Utah War

   The men quickly returned to Salt Lake City and notified Brigham Young that U.S. Army units were marching on the Mormons. ... Van Vliet found it impossible to persuade Mormon leaders that the Army had peaceful intentions, especially after the receipt of Harney's ambiguous letter.
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   Utah

   Brigham Young led the first Mormon pioneers to the Great Salt Lake Valley. ... Mobsters and Mormons
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   Brigham Young

   ... have been, the spirit of Joseph appeared to rest upon Brigham"); Benjamin F. Johnson, My Life's Review [Independence,... boy, I saw the mantle of the Prophet Joseph rest upon Brigham Young; and he arose lion-like to the occasion and ; and he arose lion-like to the occasion and led the people forth"); Wilford Woodruff, Deseret News, March... Juvenile Instructor, 22 [29 October 1870]: 174-175 ("When Brigham Young spoke it was with the voice of Joseph himself; and not... ... The Mormons: People & Events.
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   War hysteria preceding the Mountain Meadows massacre

   For the decade prior to the Fanchers' arrival there, Utah Territory existed as a theocracy led by Brigham Young. ... The Mormons were directed not to sell any food to the enemy, as the emigrant train was labeled.
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   Blacks and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

   Some researchers have suggested that the actions of William McCary in Winter Quarters, Nebraska led to Brigham Young's decision to adopt the priesthood ban in the LDS Church. ... Notable black Mormons
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   Emigrant Trail

   Brigham Young led the first Mormons to Utah in 1847.
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   Danite

   the extent of Danite membership among the Mormons, ... In addition, during the Mormon Reformation of 1856, remarks made by Brigham Young and Jedediah M. Grant led to a belief that a doctrine of "blood atonement" had been put into practice.
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    Flag of Utah

    The date 1847 represents the year Brigham Young led the first Mormons into the state.

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