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=**//Amirah,// //Mirlanda,// //Emma// and //Chenel//**=

Their Story
==Before they moved west the Mormons stayed in New York for religious freedom because Joseph Smith found the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in western New York. The members of this church were called the Mormons. Even though, people kept converting into Mormons certain beliefs and practices caused Mormons to be prosecuted like polygamy which is when one man marries many women at the same time which was outlawed in 1890. In the early 1890s Smith and the Mormons left N.Y. and built communities first in Ohio, Missouri, and finally Illinois but all communities failed, then Smith got murdered and Brigham Young took over and led the group in Utah. By 1860 there were about 40,000 Mormons in Utah. It was important that they moved west.==

**//The Mansion House in Nauvoo, Illinois.//**
==**//Latter - day Saints went west to escape religious persecution. They left behind comfortable homes and profitable farms and braved the 1,300-mile journey across the plains under sweltering sun and in freezing winter storms. //**==



//Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters//
== The Center is adjacent to the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, which is the final resting place of more than 325 Saints who died at Winter Quarters from illness, hunger, and poor living conditions ==



1) The Mormons did move to the west for one reason: to escape all the anti-Mormons and the prosecutions against their beliefs. It was important that they moved west.
==**2) The Mormons mainly had conflicts with anti- Mormons in New York, who treated them badly because of their beliefs. After a mob killed church founder Joseph Smith, the Mormons decided to move somewhere they could practice their beliefs in peace.**==

3) Some events that should be on the timeline are:

 * ==In 1830, Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Western New York and the __Book of Mormons__ was published in May 1803.==
 * ==In the early 1890s Smith and his growing # of converts left N.Y. and created communities in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois.==
 * ==In 1844, Joseph Smith was murdered by an anti- Mormon mob.==
 * ==In the spring 1846-1847, Brigham Young led the Mormons out of Illinois into Utah, an area near the Great Salt Lake where they prospered. They created the Mormon Trail and reached Utah on July 24, 1847.==
 * ==Brigham Young became president of the church on December 5, 1847==
 * ==By 1860 there were about 40,000 Mormons in Utah.==