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   Utah

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

   Young had a variety of nicknames, among the most popular being "American Moses," (alternatively the "Modern Moses" or the "Mormon Moses") because, like the Biblical figure, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, in an exodus through a desert, to what they saw as a promised land. ... ↑ "Brigham Young Biography".
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   Fancher party's and Mormons' backgrounds and the Mountain Meadows massacre

   Brigham Young led the majority of Mormons westward in 1846 to avoid civil war. ... | Haun's Mill massacre · Mormon pioneers Paiutes · Kingdom of God (LDS) · Utah War Blood atonement · Plural marriage |
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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.
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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. ... Early Pioneers survived by maintaining a very tight-knit community.
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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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   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.
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   Brigham Young University

   A series of odd managerial decisions by Cluff led to his demotion; however, in his last official act, he proposed to the Board that the Academy be named "Brigham Young University". ... BYU is thus considered by its leaders to be at heart a religious institution, wherein, ideally, religious and secular education is interwoven in a way that encourages the highest standards in both areas.
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   Utah War

   July 24, 1847: Mormon Pioneers found Salt Lake City as the first city of the Deseret. ... ↑ Diary of Brigham Young, 54.
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    Miracle of the gulls

    After Brigham Young led the first band of Latter-day Saints into what is now Salt Lake City, Utah, the pioneers had the good fortune of a relatively mild winter.

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• Blood atonement,
• History of Salt Lake City,
• Salt Lake City,
• Salt Lake City, Utah,
• Brigham Young University,
• Utah War,
• Miracle of the gulls