USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -They had embarked on a treacherous thousand-mile journey, looking for a new place to settle the “Promised Land.” On July 24, 1847, an exhausted Brigham Young and his fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints arrived in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Valley and called it home.

Detailed explanation-2: -Young, and 148 Mormons, crossed into the Great Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. For the next two decades, wagon trains bearing thousands of Mormon immigrants followed Young’s westward trail. By 1896, when Utah was granted statehood, the church had more than 250, 000 members, most living in Utah.

Detailed explanation-3: -Between 1847 and 1900 the Mormons founded about 500 settlements in Utah and neighboring states. At the same time, missionaries traveled worldwide, and thousands of religious converts from many cultural backgrounds made the long journey from their homelands to Utah via boat, rail, wagon train, and handcart.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most members of the Mormon church took a train to Utah. A small percentage traveled by horse and wagon, pulled handcarts, or walked. Many Mormon immigrants came from around the United States and western Europe, while others migrated from the Pacific Islands and other regions.