Utah Territory

  • John Smith

    John Smith founded the church in 1830 for the Mormons. Mormons are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints.
  • death of John Smith and rise of Brigham Young

    a mob in Illinois killed smith, and Brigham Young took over as head od the Mormons.
  • Mormons travel

    the Mormons migrate to the Great Salt Lake.
  • Salt Lake Area

    the United States acquired the Salt Lake area as part of the settlement of the war with Mexico
  • congress and utah

    Congress established the Utah territory.. President Millard Fillmore made Brigham young its governor.
  • it it a war or not

    war almost broke out between the Mormons and the United States
  • A State at Last

    Utah was a now a state in the United States of America