Mormon Migration to Utah
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Frontier, Pioneers, Immigration, Immigrants
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855
- Geographical Location: Utah
- Date: February 4, 1846-September, 1848
Article abstract: Masses of ideologically bound settlers blaze a trail in the best-organized westward migration in U.S. history.
Summary of Event
According to Joseph Smith’s account, on September 22, 1827, he received a set of gold plates from the angel Moroni on Cumorah, a hill near Palmyra, New York. His translation of the plates, called the Book of Mormon, was published in 1830. On April 6, 1830, in Fayette, New York, Joseph Smith and his associates founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormons. In...
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