1. What is happening in this source?
Joseph Smiths death: Smith was the mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, and running for President of the United States.

2. Who is this man?

3. Why Was Brigham Young So Important?
To be able to explain Brigham Young’s role in guiding the Mormons out of the East and to a safe haven where they could build a holy city.

5. What was the Mormon’s first impressions of the Great Salt Lake?
‘For Heaven’s sake don’t stop in this God forsaken land. Nobody on earth wants it. Come to California, to a land of sunshine and flowers’
- Sam Bannan, 1847

6. - Young’s sister-in-law, Harriet, 1847
“My feelings were such as I could not describe. Everything looked gloomy and I felt heart sick. Weak and weary as I am, I would rather go a thousand miles farther than remain in such a desolate and forsaken spot as this”
- Young’s sister-in-law, Harriet, 1847

7. How did Young and the Mormons get to Salt Lake City?
Transporting 15,000 inexperienced people across the great plains - Pioneer groups – paved rest stops - split into bands with captains
Providing enough food and rest - rest stops - some Mormons would stay and plant crops for the next band
Built the winter quarters