The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) began in the eastern United States and tried for some time to be established there, but was forced further and further west by intolerance and persecution. Church headquarters was located in New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois before finding peace and religious freedom in Utah in 1847.
Today, there are about 1.3 million Mormons living in the eastern half of the United States.
The first Mormons arrived to settle in the Great Salt Lake on July 24, 1847.
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The Great Salt Lake.
The Mormons were searching for a place where they could practice their religion in peace and found that place in Utah.
The Mormons were able to settle successfuly at the Great Salt Lake due to their faith, strength, steadfast determination to settle together in a place where they would not be persecuted for their religious beliefs and where the lord wanted them to be.
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Well the Mormons faced religious prosection from all sides. Some of their obstacles included finding a place to settle and getting new mebers to join
it was impossible for yukmyukMormons to live in the east because of persecution from mobs.
They settled in Utah. There are also alot in Idaho and California, but Utah is the main state.
The first people to settle in Utah were not immigrants, but indians and mormons.
in present-day Utah