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Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail
This site has everything you need to know about the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Read about the stops along the 1,300-mile trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake Valley and get personal accounts of what happened to the Mormons on...
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National Park Service: Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Beginning in Illinois in 1846 Brigham Young led a large group of Mormoms to Salt Lake City to avoid persecution. The trail they followed is now known as the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. National Park Services provides the...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Westward Expansion and Reform
Part of a longer time line describing the history of the American West, this section covers the period 1829 to 1859 with hyperlinks to stories and people of this time period.
Other
Brigham Young: An American Hero
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints gives an overview of the life of Brigham Young, his accomplishments, and his conversion to Mormon faith.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Salt Lake City
A brief description of the history of Salt Lake City. Includes a brief paragraph about the settlement of the Mormons in 1847. For the full article, get a free trial!
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Settling the Great Salt Lake
This site provides a brief account of Brigham Young and his Mormon followers as they settled in the Great Salt Lake Valley.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Mountain Meadows Massacre (1875 76)
Called "the darkest deed of the nineteenth century," the brutal 1857 murder of 120 men, women, and children at a place in southern Utah called Mountain Meadows remains one of the most controversial events in the history of the American...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Mormon Migration
The sources in this set help place the Mormon migration in geographic, political, religious, and cultural contexts, including other westward movement motivated by Manifest Destiny.
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Mormon Newsroom: Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints: Brigham Young
The life of Brigham Young, one of the founders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is described. It provides hyperlinks to related topics.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Mormon Trail
The Utah portion of the Old Mormon Trail remains the best-known and most famous section of the several emigrant trails used by the Mormons in their migrations during the 19th century.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Mormonism
This article on the Mormonism provides information on the religion's founder (Joseph Smith), holy book, (the "Book of Mormon"), and basic tenets. Also included is a history of Mormonism and the Mormon people, including an overview of the...
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Vermont History: Brigham Young (1801 1877)
A short introduction to Brigham Young. While Young is most closely associated with Utah, he was born and raised in Vermont.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Brigham Young
Drawn portrait of Brigham Young.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Brigham Young
First Governor of Utah
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Brigham Young
(1807-1877) American Morman leader.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Brigham Young
A celebrated Mormon leader, born at Whitingham, Vermont, June 1, 1801; died in Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 29, 1877.