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*[https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ The Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1869] by the Church History Library | *[https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ The Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1869] by the Church History Library | ||
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*Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were the pioneer settlers of Utah and have always accounted for a high percentage of the population. The first wagon train of pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. By the time the railroad reached Utah in 1869, more than 69,000 Latter-day Saints had made the trek across the Great Plains. | *Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were the pioneer settlers of Utah and have always accounted for a high percentage of the population. The first wagon train of pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. By the time the railroad reached Utah in 1869, more than 69,000 Latter-day Saints had made the trek across the Great Plains. | ||