733+Mormons+on+the+Mormon+Trial

//** Rachel Melamed 733 **// =//** Asim Khan 733 **//= =// Dominick Salmieri 733 //= =// Donat Dedushaj 733 //=

=A1. The mormons moved west because their leaders wanted to continue their polygamy outside the US where it was getting them into all sorts of trouble. Only about 1000 of the 10 to 20 thousand Mormons in the Midwest practiced polygamy and the rest didn't learn of it until they already had walked most of the way to Utah.=

// A map showing the Mormon Trail, their major settlements and other minor settlement locations //
= A2. The Morman pioneer run began in 1846 when, in the face of conflicts with neighbors, Young decided to abandon Nauvoo and to establish a new home for the church in the great basin. That year Young's followers crossed Iowa. Along their way, some were assigned to establish settlements and to plant and harvest crops for later emigrant. The trail was used for more than 20 years, until the completion of the first transcontinental rail road in 1869. =

// First transcontinental road completed in 1869 //
= = =**A3. What years and events should be on the timeline is 1847 The journey to the Rocky mountains began,July 24 1847 Brigham Young gets a fever and is getting sick, July 26,1847 since Brigham was to sick nine men had to travel for him,On May 22,1869 the journey to Rocky mountains was over.Nearly 70,000 Mormons traveled 1,700 miles.**= = =

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