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Jul 21, 2010 · July | 24. After 17 months and many miles of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 pioneers into Utah’s Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Gazing over the parched earth of the remote location,...
Jul 25, 2014 · In late July 1847, the Mormon pioneers gazed at the Salt Lake Valley, which would be a home to thousands of the Saints. They built homes, shops, schools and churches, but in only 11 years they were prepared to burn the city to the ground.
Jun 25, 2019 · Pioneers Arrive in Salt Lake Valley. On July 24, 1847, the first pioneers finally reached the end of the Mormon trail. Led by Brigham Young they came out of the mountains and looked down upon the Salt Lake Valley. Upon seeing the valley President Young declared, "This is the right place."
Pioneer Trek. Between 1847, when Latter-day Saint pioneers first entered the Salt Lake Valley, and 1868, when the transcontinental railroad neared completion, between 60,000 and 70,000 Latter-day Saints migrated from the United States, Canada, and Europe across the North American Great Plains to Utah and the surrounding regions. 1 Most ...
Oct 14, 2009 · The following spring in 1847, a vanguard company of pioneers under Brigham Young blazed the Mormon Pioneer Trail leading to the Great Salt Lake Valley. The Mississippi Saints and Mormon Battalion sick detachments followed this company from Pueblo and five companies from Winter Quarters.
Jul 21, 2018 · They were the first Mormon pioneers to enter the Salt Lake Valley from Emigration Canyon, on July 21, 1847, three days before their leader, Brigham Young. | Ray Boren, Deseret News archives . Erastus Snow recorded this account during his first view attempt of the Great Salt Lake Valley, on July 21, 1847, and Hunter also shares:
The trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake Valley was approximately 1,300 miles long and would ultimately lead 70,000 Mormon pioneers to the West. Historic Sites. Learn More about Church History by visiting Historic Sites.
