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Mormon migration.
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January 1, 2008|
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Most American pioneers migrated westward voluntarily. The story of the Mormons, however, is very different. They went because religious persecution forced them to flee their homes. Between 1846 and 1869, about 70,000 Mormons traveled west, some even coming from as far away as the British Isles.
After they had been pushed from their homes in New York, Ohio, and Missouri, by the mid-1800s the vast unclaimed West seemed to offer Mormons the only opportunity for a permanent settlement. Led by Brigham Young, the first Mormon pioneers left ...
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