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  2. Mormon pioneers - Wikipedia

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    The Mormon Vanguard Brigade of 1847: Norton Jacob's Record. Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah 2005. ISBN 0-87421-609-5. Bennett, Richard E. We'll Find the Place: The Mormon Exodus 1846–1848. Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1997. ISBN 1-57345-286-6. Hafen, Leroy and Ann. "Handcarts to Zion". University of Nebraska Press, 1992.

  3. Mormon settlement techniques of the Salt Lake Valley

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    Mormon settlers were motivated by religion. [4] Since its earliest days, missionary work had been a prominent responsibility of the church and its members. [ 5 ] Proselyting efforts to gain more followers and bring them to Zion played a critical role in the immigration to Utah, which provided manpower for settlement.

  4. The Latter-Day Saints' Emigrants' Guide - Wikipedia

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    Clayton's Guide, [1] Clayton's Emigrant Guide, [2] or as when published, The Latter-Day Saints' Emigrants' Guide, [2] published by Missouri Republican Steam Power Press, Chambers & Knapp, 1848 [2] and written by William Clayton, was one of a number of very popular guidebooks written to support the westward expansion of the United States in the mid-nineteenth century when organized emigrant ...

  5. History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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    Both the original Mormon migration and subsequent convert migrations resulted in many deaths. Brigham Young organized a great colonization of the American West, with Mormon settlements extending from Canada to Mexico. Notable cities that sprang from early Mormon settlements include San Bernardino, California, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Mesa, Arizona.

  6. Westward expansion trails - Wikipedia

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    The Mormon Trail was created by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called "Mormons," who settled in what is now the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The Mormon Trail followed part of the Oregon Trail and then branched off at the fur trading post called Fort Bridger, founded by famed mountain man Jim Bridger.

  7. Voyage of the Brooklyn Saints - Wikipedia

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    The maritime migration of the Brooklyn pioneers was part of the larger Mormon exodus from the Eastern United States to the Great Salt Lake Valley. For over a decade, members of the LDS Church had been subjected to voter suppression, property destruction, looting, rape, tar and feather attacks, mob violence, massacre, and finally the death of ...

  8. Perpetual Emigration Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Perpetual Emigration Fund (PEF) was a 19th-century program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that provided economic assistance to emigrants seeking to join the main church community in the Salt Lake Valley and surrounding regions.

  9. Mormon handcart pioneers - Wikipedia

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    The Handcart Pioneer Monument, by Torleif S. Knaphus, located on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to Salt Lake City, Utah, who used handcarts to transport their belongings. [1]