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Title: The Mormons Come West


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The Mormons Come West
  • Why did they go west?

2
Where did they go?
  • They followed what is today known as the Mormon
    Trail
  • The trail passes through Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming
    and Utah
  • The trail later extended to California

3
Where did they come from?
  • Many Mormons actually started in New York
  • They moved to Ohio and Missouri
  • Because of persecution, they went to Illinois and
    built the city of Nauvoo on the Mississippi River

4
Why leave Nauvoo then?
  • Nauvoo was a great city
  • The Mormons worked together to build
    homes,businesses, and a temple
  • Many people didnt like the Mormons success and
    were afraid
  • They persecuted the Mormons
  • They killed the Mormon leader, Joseph Smith and
    his brother Hyrum Smith in June of 1844
  • The Mormons were forced to leave their homes again

5
What did they do then?
  • Brigham Young and other leaders decided to go
    west
  • They felt that the Rocky Mountains might provide
    a safe place
  • They gathered all the provisions they could and
    began leaving Nauvoo in 1846
  • They only got to around Council Bluffs, Iowa
    before they stopped for the winter
  • They named their camp Winter Quarters

6
Hardships
  • There was a hard winter
  • Many people died
  • Also, 500 men said good bye to their families and
    were enlisted to fight in the War with Mexico
  • This group became known as the Mormon Battalion

7
Moving out again
  • In the Spring of 1847, Brigham Young and a group
    of mostly men left Winter Quarters heading west
  • After a long journey, they arrived in the valley
    of the Great Salt Lake
  • Brigham Young said, This is the right place.

8
Summary
  • Mormons were pushed from place to place by
    persecution
  • They went through many hardships
  • They found a sanctuary in Utah where no one would
    bother them
  • They felt they were doing the right thing
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