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Mormon vs. Non-Mormon Settlements

Mormon vs. Non-Mormon Settlements. Utah Studies, Chapter 6. Many Settlement Problems . New Environment Cold, snowy winters, but hot summers They were isolated with no fast communication Living on Native American land Every year thousand new immigrants came with no money, jobs, or homes

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Mormon vs. Non-Mormon Settlements

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  1. Mormon vs. Non-Mormon Settlements

    Utah Studies, Chapter 6
  2. Many Settlement Problems New Environment Cold, snowy winters, but hot summers They were isolated with no fast communication Living on Native American land Every year thousand new immigrants came with no money, jobs, or homes When non-Mormons came there were conflicts
  3. Features of Utah Settlements Streets laid out in grid pattern
  4. Non-Mormon Settlements How is this different from the Mormon settlement in the last slide? Bird’s eye view of Boston and surrounding towns
  5. Features of Utah Settlements Wide streets with irrigation ditches along side
  6. Features of Utah Settlements Very large city blocks: for homes and gardens Public buildings & parks (squares) in center of the town Usually a temple or church, and business offices or stores Farmlands lay beyond the public square Trees surrounded farms to break the wind
  7. Called to Settle a New Place Brigham Young “called” or assigned people to settle in a new place People were often chosen by the skills they possessed Pioneer home in Manti, Utah Built new temples where they settled – Manti Temple
  8. Colonies were set up as a gathering place for new immigrants and for commercial purposes Sugar House: Production of goods Las Vegas: Missions to Indians Sugar Factory
  9. St. George, Utah Mormons were asked to settled St. George Grew cotton, grapes, sugar, figs, almonds, and olives Located in Southern Utah, so had a warmer climate
  10. Wedding of the Rails May 10, 1869 Union of two national railroads at Promontory Summit, Utah Ended travel by handcart Immigrants moved in faster and easier Increase in Gentiles: A person of non-Jewish nation or faith Among the Mormons, a non-Mormon We’ll discuss the story of the Golden Spike and the wedding of the rails later!
  11. Mining Towns Railroads made mining more profitable: Ore could be shipped to rails Many ethnicities, religions, and nationalities came to mine Miners in Park City, Utah
  12. Mining Towns Bingham Alta
  13. Why Come to Utah? Why did immigrants come to Utah? Better jobs More freedom than in Europe Religious reasons Often sent one person at a time because they did not have enough money to come all at once End of the Gathering Official Church immigration ended in 1913 More Protestants and Catholics moved into Utah from other states and countries after this
  14. Mormons, Miners, or New Development?
  15. Park City
  16. Traverse Mountain (Point of the Mountain)
  17. Answer in your packet How can you tell if it is a city founded by Mormons? By Miners? By neither Mormons or Miners?
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