1878, May 19:
Entry: 1878: May, "Sun. 19 - Daniel R. Sellers and Mary A Kirtland, with their respective families, arrived at a place near Los Cerritos, Conejos Co., as the first saints from the Southern States to settle in San Luis Valley, which had been selected by the authorities of the Church as a gathering place for the Saints from the Southern States. Other families soon followed." (LDS Church Chronology 1804-1914, page 102)
The first Mormons arrived to settle in the Great Salt Lake on July 24, 1847.
Utah.
Utah
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.
As of 2021, there are approximately 180,000 Mormons living in Colorado. This number represents about 3% of the state's population.
d. Mormons
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
The area settled or founded by Mormons covered all of present day Utah with parts of Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and California. The Mormons proposed that this area be called Deseret Territory.
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.