This man, after assuming leadership when Joseph Smith died, organized the Mormon Exodus west to Utah.
Who was Brigham Young?
100
Heat, cold and the cutting down of these were major problems for pioneers crossing Iowa.
What were trees?
100
The majority of men in Utah did no have more than one wife. In other words, they didn't practice this.
What is polygamy?
100
Brigham Young, because he colonized much of the west was nicknamed this.
What is the Great Colonizer?
200
After the Mormons settled Palmyra, New York, they settled here.
What is Kirtland, Ohio?
200
The Advance Pioneer Company followed the trail that was cut by this ill-fated pioneer company only on year before.
Who were the Donners or Donner-Reed party?
200
Most early Mormon emigrants took a train to St. Louis and then bought these animals to pull their wagons while they walked the rest of the way to Utah.
What are oxen?
200
The biggest problem the Mormon settlers faced during their first winter in the Salt Lake Valley was this.
What is hunger?
200
Only two years after arriving in the Great Salt Lake Valley, the U.S. created this territory.
What is the Utah Territory?
300
Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were killed here.
What is Carthage Jail?
300
The majority of Nauvoo Mormons camped here during the winter of 1846-47 before trekking to Utah.
What was Winter Quarters or Council Bluffs?
300
They were Mormon soldiers sent to fight in the war against Mexico.
Who was the Mormon Battalion?
300
Mormons in Utah shared the work of growing food and then shared the food. This is an example of this type of living.
What is Communal?
300
Before Utah became a territory, it was named this by Brigham Young.
What was Deseret?
400
Because the "fire and brimstone" sermons that were so common where Smith grew up, the district was called this.
What was the "Burnt Over District"
400
Brigham Young, with the bulk of the Advance Pioneer Company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on this date.
What was July 24th, 1847?
400
Samual Brannen captained this ship that sailed around the tip of South America and landed in Yerba Buena (San Francisco).
What was the Brooklyn?
400
To fight flooding and to grow crops, pioneers had to build these.
What were irrigation ditches?
400
Some Mormons were soon called to go to St. George to grow this.
What was cotton?
500
The destruction of this printing press gave Smith's enemies a good reason to arrest him.
What was the Nauvoo Expositor?
500
Most Mormons who converted in Europe, came from Great Britain and this place.
What was Scandinavia?
500
Many converts paid for their trip to Utah through this fund.
What was the Perpetual Emigration Fund? (P.E.F.)
500
Soon after the Mormons arrived in the Salt Lake Valley they built this 1st building, which later became the first tabernacle in Utah.
What was the Bowery?
500
Las Vegas was originally colonized by Mormons for this reason.