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Mormons (Beliefs and Practices (No individual ownership of property…
Mormons
Beliefs and Practices
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In return for total obedience, the mormons would be known as God's chosen people both on Earth in Heaven.
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Brigham Young
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He decided to move 15,000 Mormons to Great Salt Lake. He picked it because it was isolated, reports suggested there was water and fertile land, It would allow the Mormons to live in peace and it was in Mexico at the time.
Brigham bought oxen, food and equipment and in 1846 he sent the first group to set off across the mississippi river to build the first chain of rest camps. They would travel in wagon trains
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In Salt lake they built irrigation ditches to let everyone have water but you could only access it at allocated times. Wheat production increased threefold because of the Mormons
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