The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner tells about a thousand-mile migration marked by hardship and sudden death but unique in American history for its purpose, discipline, and solidarity. Led by Brigham Young, the Mormons arrived in present-day Utah and founded Salt Lake City as the capital of their new home.

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Background Information

Founded by Joseph Smith and later led by Brigham Young, the Church of Latter Day Saints is better known as the Mormons. Brigham Young succeeded to the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) after the death of founder Joseph Smith. Utah was formed from the territory colonized by the Mormon Church under Brigham Young.

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