Brigham Young
Mormon pioneer leader
Brigham Young was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, succeeding Joseph Smith.
He led Mormon pioneers westward to settle in Utah, founding Salt Lake City in 1847.
Young governed the Utah Territory and remains a central figure in Mormon history.
Brigham Young University bears his name.
LDS church adherents
- Joseph SmithLDS church originator
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- Book of MormonLDS church's foundational text
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
apostle · revelation · doctrine · tithing · missionary · convert · seer · testimony
Utah's capital metropolis
- Great Salt LakeUtah's terminal saline body
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- ProvoUtah County's seat
Ogden · irrigation · colonization · Zion · Mormon Trail · Great Basin
Pioneers' covered convoy
- westward migrationPopulation shift toward sunset
- Mormon TrailEmigrant route to Utah
- handcartManual two-wheeled vehicle
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
exodus · frontier · Great Plains · Rocky Mountains · ox team · prairie · covered wagon · trek
State's chief executive
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- colonizerOne who occupies foreign land
- organizerArrangement tool or person
- patriarchMale head of family
authority · founder · visionary · charismatic · strategist · successor · president · director
Union with multiple partners
- wivesMarried female partners
- familyRelated people together
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
- descendantsThose who come after
progeny · households · domestic · antipolygamy · federal prosecution
LDS-affiliated Utah university
- ProvoUtah County's seat
- educationSystematic development of mind
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- Honor CodeInstitution's formal ethics policy
Latter-day Saints
LDS church adherents
- Joseph SmithLDS church originator
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- Book of MormonLDS church's foundational text
priesthood · apostle · revelation · doctrine · tithing · missionary · convert · seer · testimony · seminary
Salt Lake City
Utah's capital metropolis
- Great Salt LakeUtah's terminal saline body
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
Provo · Ogden · irrigation · colonization · Zion · Mormon Trail · Great Basin
wagon train
Pioneers' covered convoy
- westward migrationPopulation shift toward sunset
- Mormon TrailEmigrant route to Utah
- handcartManual two-wheeled vehicle
settler · exodus · frontier · Great Plains · Rocky Mountains · ox team · prairie · covered wagon · trek · emigrant
governor
State's chief executive
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- colonizerOne who occupies foreign land
- organizerArrangement tool or person
patriarch · authority · founder · visionary · charismatic · strategist · successor · president · director · influential
plural marriage
Union with multiple partners
- wivesMarried female partners
- familyRelated people together
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
descendants · progeny · households · domestic · antipolygamy · federal prosecution
BYU
LDS-affiliated Utah university
- University FoundersJohns Hopkins, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John D. Rockefeller
- Mormon LeadersJoseph Smith
- religious figuresJesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Moses, Abraham
- MormonismBook of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, priesthood, Latter-day Saint
- 1840s-1850sOregon Trail, California Gold Rush, Mexican-American War, Manifest Destiny, Underground Railroad
- Salt Lake CityGreat Salt Lake, Capitol Building, Main Street, University of Utah, Capitol Hill
Brigham YoungJames Buchanan
Brigham YoungRalph Waldo Emerson
young, bridge, youngster, younger, youngest, youngsters, youngish