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Why did the Mormons settle in Salt Lake City? Salt Lake City is located in the west of North America. It was a desolate wilderness, dry, and a place where many people a
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Why did the Mormons settle in Salt Lake City? Salt Lake City is located in the west of North America. It was a desolate wilderness, dry, and a place where many people assumed was uninhabitable. So why did the Mormons 'relocate' to such an unattractive and diverse place? Brigham Young, in 1845 organised the mass movement of 15000 men, women and children travelling on a journey of over 2250km from the USA to Salt Lake City. But why do this? Both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young believed that it was God's will to send the Mormons west, and because other Mormons believed that Young was inspired by God they felt that they should fulfil God's will. Another reason why the Mormons emigrated west was to escape religious persecution from other white Americans. Polygamy in America was seen widely to be wrong in the eyes of most people. The Mormons practiced this freely within...
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