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"Epic Mormon Pioneer Journey - Brigham Young - Part 1/3 - YouTube." Epic Mormon Pioneer Journey - Brigham Young - Part 1/3 - YouTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2013. There migration started from Mississippi thru Iowa and then to the promise land Utah. They traveled this migration thrum faith in there self and in faith of The Lord that he would take them home "Google." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2013. History, More Mormon Trail. National Parks Service. National Parks Service, 23 May 2012. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. Smith experienced visions as a teenager and would later be regarded as a prophet by the Mormons History, More Mormon Trail. National Parks Service. National Parks Service, 23 May 2012. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. The history of the Mormon Trail cannot be understood without an awareness of the Mormon religion itself. "Mormons Settle Salt Lake Valley." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2013. Bringham young took 148 Mormon pionners "Mormons Settle Salt Lake Valley." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2013. Joseph Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont, in 1805. In 1827, he declared that he had been visited by a Christian angel named Moroni, who showed him an ancient Hebrew text that had been lost for 1,500 years. "Mormons Settle Salt Lake Valley." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2013. The expedition, more than 10,000 pioneers strong, set up camp in present-day

western Iowa while Young led a vanguard company across the Rocky Mountains to investigate Utah's Great Salt Lake Valley, an arid and isolated spot devoid of human presence "Mormons Settle Salt Lake Valley." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2013. The religion rapidly gained converts, and Smith set up Mormon communities in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois N.d. Photograph. PIONEER DAY. By DAN OLSEN. THOUGHTS ON LDS, 10 July 2010. Web. <http://thoughtsonlds.blogspot.com/2010/07/pioneer-day.html>. Pioneers with their wagons migrating in the snow N.p., n.d. Web. he claimed that an angel showed him buried gold plates which he then transcribed into The Book of Mormon. Portrait of Brigham Young. N.d. Photograph. Brighamyoungfamily.org. Brigham Young Family. Web. "TheMormon Church: Troubles and Migration." The Mormon Migration: A Quest For Religious Freedom. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. In Missouri, the Mormons were again attacked in the "Massacre at Hawns Mill." During the massacre, twenty Mormons were killed, and many more were wounded. "TheMormon Church: Troubles and Migration." The Mormon Migration: A Quest For Religious Freedom. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. The Mormons were forced to leave every state in which they settled. The Mormons, who first emerged as a religious group in 1830, were driven from New York state to Ohio, to Missouri, to Illinois, and finally to Salt Lake City, Utah "TheMormon Church: Troubles and Migration." The Mormon Migration: A Quest For Religious

Freedom. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. The reason that they were forced out was the ideas of their religion.The main reason that people did not like them was that they practiced polygamy. "What Was the Goal for the Mormons Who Migrated to Utah?" WikiAnswers. Answers, n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2013. find a place where they would be safer and could practice their religion according to their beliefs. When these "Mormon" pioneers reached the Salt Lake valley, their leader, Brigham Young, pronounced "What Was the Goal for the Mormons Who Migrated to Utah?" WikiAnswers. Answers, n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2013. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were persecuted for their beliefs and were driven out of their homes and property in Ohio, Missouri and Illinois "What Was the Goal for the Mormons Who Migrated to Utah?" WikiAnswers. Answers, n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2013. that "This is the Right Place". The Mormon pioneers, subsequently, began to settle the sparcely populated land named Utah in July of 1847.