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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. ... After settling in Utah in 1848, Brigham Young announced a priesthood ban which prohibited all men of black African descent from holding the priesthood.
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   Utah

   Brigham Young led the first Mormon pioneers to the Great Salt Lake Valley. ... It is known as Utah's Dixie because early settlers were able to grow limited amounts of cotton there.
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   Sugar House, Salt Lake City

   Sugar House was officially established in 1853, six years after Brigham Young led the Mormon settlers into the valley.
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   Sugar House, Salt Lake City, Utah

   Sugar House was officially established in 1853, six years after Brigham Young led the Mormon settlers into the valley.
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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. ... Here the groups decided which route to take across the Great Basin to California.
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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. ... Two weeks later, Young recommended decapitation for the man and a fellow prisoner, but the Council decided to let them live.
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   Mormon Trail

   However, the Saints were driven out of each of them in turn due to internal disagreements and conflicts with other settlers (see History of the Latter Day Saint movement). ... Young now had to lead the Saints into the far west, without knowing exactly where to go or where they would end up.
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   Walkara

   In a passive defense effort, Young directed settlers to move from outlying farms and ranches and establish centralized forts. ... In his contemporary work Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West (1857), photographer and artist Solomon N. Carvalho gives an account of the peace council held between Walkara, other native leaders in central Utah, and Brigham Young.
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   Snowflake, Arizona

   Snowflake celebrates "Pioneer Days" the weekend on or before the 24th of July each year, the date that Mormon settlers, led by Brigham Young entered the Salt Lake Valley.
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    Utah War

    He met with Brigham Young on September 1, 1857 along with other Native leaders. ... Largely due to the Move South, the settlers' livelihoods and economic well-being were seriously impacted for at least that year and perhaps longer.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Brigham Young,
• Utah,
• Sugar House, Salt Lake City,
• Sugar House, Salt Lake City, Utah,
• Fancher party's and Mormons' backgrounds and the Mountain Meadows massacre,
• Blood atonement,
• Mormon Trail,
• Walkara,
• Snowflake, Arizona,
• Utah War