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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 • • • • A few days late leaving Iowa city No supplies at Fort Laramie Early winter Exposure