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楊百翰 (Brigham
Young) 定居在大鹽湖谷
1847年7月24日
他們開始一段變化莫測且長達千里遠的旅程，尋找一個新的地方能夠定居，那就是樂土。在1847年7月24日，精疲力竭的楊百翰和他「末世聖徒教會」(Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)裡的同伴到達猶他州的大鹽湖區，並且在此定居稱之為家。一般人所知道的摩門教徒 (Mormons) 逃到西部的原因是為了躲避宗教歧視的現象。在先知與創造者約瑟夫‧史密斯 (Joseph
Smith) 遭到暗殺之後，他們知道他們必須要離開舊有的伊利諾州的居處。許多摩門教徒在前往猶他州洛機山脈的途中，因為受不了寒冷的天氣而死亡。當他們到達大鹽湖區域時，他們發現這個地方是多麼與世隔絕。那為什麼他們要定居在這裡呢？
They had embarked on a treacherous thousand-mile journey, looking for a new place to settle the "Promised Land." On July 24, 1847, an exhausted Brigham Young and his fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints arrived in Utah's Great Salt Lake Valley and called it home. The Mormons, as they were commonly known, had moved west to escape religious discrimination. After the murder of founder and prophet Joseph Smith, they knew they had to leave their old settlement in Illinois. Many Mormons died in the cold, harsh winter months as they made their way over the Rocky Mountains to Utah. When they reached the Salt Lake area, they saw it was remote and wild. So why did they settle there?
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