The States: Utah "The Beehive State" Part 2 of 2

Brigham Young and the first band of Mormon pioneers came to the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. Over the next 22 years, more than 70000 pioneers crossed the plains and settled in Utah. It is not widely known that Utah was the source of many pioneer settlements located elsewhere in the West. From the beginning, Salt Lake City was seen as only the hub of a "far-flung commonwealth" In 1847 when the first pioneers arrived, Utah was still Mexican territory. As a consequence of the Mexican ...
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