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Settling Utah
Before we settle
• Lake Bonneville
• There are indigenous people here
– Anasazi
– Freemont
Lake Bonneville
Anasazi
• “Ancient ones”
• Believed to be the ancestors of the Pueblo and
Navajo
• Live in the four corners area
Freemont Indians
• Named for the region they are found, near the
Freemont River
• Little is known about the culture because they
aren’t here when “we” get here
European Exploration
• Spanish explore first
• Trappers and Mountain men come afterward
• Mapping the area, building forts
Settlement of Utah
• Whether you are religious or not, Mormonism
shapes the colonization of Utah
Timeline of Events
• 1830, New York, Joseph Smith organizes the Church of
Christ, later renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints
• 1831, Mormons move to Kirtland Ohio
• 1839, Missouri Governor, William Boggs, signs an
extermination order
• 1839, Mormon’s move to Nauvoo
• 1844, Founders Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith are
murdered in Carthage, Illinois
• 1847, Mormons begin their trek, led by Brigham Young,
head out from Winter Quarters, Nebraska
Who are the “Mormons”
Moving West
• Different groups travel west on different
groups
• Brigham Young leads the first group
Martin Handcart Company
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A few days late leaving Iowa city
No supplies at Fort Laramie
Early winter
Exposure