The Mormon Trail System

On August 29, 1860, Loving and John Dawson started a herd of cattle to Denver to feed the gold miners. Loving sold his cattle for gold and tried to leave for Texas but since the civil war has broken out the Union authorities prevented him from returning to the south until he was told to. Loving was commissioned to take cattle to Confederate forces by Mississippi. Once the war ended they owed Loving between 100,000 and 250,000 dollars.

The Utes are a Colorado tribe whose land was gradually overrun by mineral and gold miners. Chief Ouray signed a treaty in 1863 allowing settlers to mine Ute land and relinquishing all mineral rights. He signed another treaty in 1868 that allotted 16 million acres of forests and meadows in the Rockies as a personal reservation that prohibited white trespass. When disputes arose, Nathan Meeker attempted to assimilate the Utes into Euro-American culture, but William Vickers opposed the idea and started "The Utes Must Go!" campaign in 1879. Vickers called on the US cavalry to prevent an uprising by the Utes. The Utes responded by killing all the white men at the White River Indian agency. In 1881, as a result of outrage over the White River Massacre,

Have you ever been forced to leave and explore the world? Well that's relatable, it's the only option left for the immigrants trying to blaze a trail to travel on safety. But people don't wanna risk getting hurt or trespassing into someone's land.

The Utopian Movement consisted of several communities searching for a utopia, an ideal society. The communities were the Amana Society, New Harmony, Brook Farm, Oneida Community, Shakers and Mormons. The ones I found the most interesting were the Oneida Community and the Mormons. What interested me about the Oneida Community was not that they were all for group marriage and free love, what I found interesting about the community was how they adapted so quickly into a manufacturing community. I assumed that before the trap inventor joined them that they were not doing well financially. Another thing that surprised me about them was how they were able to get so many resources to manufacture their products. I imagine that finding steel and silver

The Oregon Trail is one of the most famous of the  pioneer trails and is the largest land migration in American history. Settlers from all across the country, men, woman, and children packed up their possesions and prepared for the 2,000 miles to Oregon. Many had dreams of riches and a better life. It's well documented the strugles and hardships they faced, but women in particular shared just as much hardship as men if not more.

In the mid 1800’s a assembly of people fled to destined lands. The discovery of gold in California was an eye catcher, therefore having a great increase of people in the land. In Springfield, Illinois, a mass of people, emigrants managed by two wealthy brothers were headed to California, the destined lands. Planning their route ahead of time, told them that the California trail was the best way to go. The end of the trail led them to Fort Bridger, Wyoming, which wasn't their final stop. From there they sought a new route that was “allegedly” a shorter route. This was laid out by Lansford Hastings. Lansford Hastings was a developer of the shortcut the party took that was leading them to California. At the time that the group landed at Fort

John Henry Weber was born in 1779 in Altona near Hamburg. He migrated to America to get married to his wife. For 5 years the Rocky Mountain fur trade occupied his life. He journeyed to Bear Lake, Bear River, and Cache Valley.

When finding vigilante justice should we follow the law or our own personal vendetta? When I hear of someone trying to arrest a rapist, I automatically think of the TV show Law & Order: SVU that deals with solving rape cases and a variety of sexual assault cases. When they’re solving rape cases, they look at the crime scene in order to get a motive, evidence, and witnesses that will help them find a cause to pinpoint them to the identity of the rapist where they will go to trial. If there is no type of evidence that will lead them to the crime scene, then they can not arrest them. When the novel describes the old Indian trail cases in chapter three, it seems very logical and straightforward without having to over analyze the crime. I believe Indian law is too simple because they follow their personal beliefs and mistakes can easily be made when trying to solve criminal cases. Along with their simple laws, the Ojibwe have their own tribal myths they play an influential role in the making of tribal laws, therefore, it is vital where the United States laws take it to a whole new level by looking at the crime scene from every angle. Both Indian law and the United States laws have their own unique system to solve the crime. When Joe is trying to solve his mother’s rape, he is conflicted on whether to follow the criminal justice system or the Indian laws to find his mother justice. I can see his problem, but in the end he had to follow his morals by advancing into a vigilante.

A group of Mormons were trying to escape the Indians, which were terrorizing them. They left Arkansas in a wagon train. The wagon train was headed to California. But however the wagon train never made it through Utah. They only made it to Mountain Meadows.

According to the Textbook “Church membership grew rapidly, but certain beliefs and practices caused Mormons to be persecuted. The Illinois community collapsed after an anti-Mormon mob murdered Smith in 1844. This proves my point because it shows that before they moved to the West, they were being persecuted. Following Smith’s murder, Brigham Young became head of the Mormon Church. Young chose what is now Utah as the group’s new home, and thousands of Mormons took the Mormon Trail to the area near the Great Salt Lake, where they prospered.

In 1846 a society of pioneers went West searching for a golden paradise. These people were Mormons or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints. On the way to their new home, they made people mad. Lots of people didn’t like the Mormons’ ways. Most people resented them for the popularity the religion was getting. People turned to violence and attacked them. As a matter of fact their leader, Joseph Smith, died on his way to their promise land in the West. As a result of the resentment toward them, the Mormons settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was a barren place in a valley surrounded by mountains. Nonetheless, no one would come and try to settle or attack them there. The resentment caused Mormons to come up with no ways to live. Controlling their freedom to liberty, the people who did no like their actions were again being hypocritical. Once the colonists fled England to start a new, better life with religions freedom. It was one of the very ideals our country was built on. However the self-righteousness of our country during this was growing, spreading like a

The political dangers of the Santa Fe Trails are not unique to a time period; they were however differed in severity only shared across the timeline. Throughout the nineteenth century, the Southwest faced a range of challenges, including the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), which was fought over the disputed boundary of Texas after it was annexed in 1845. The Mexicans and the Native Americans continued to cause problems for political agents in the Southwest. Challenges in the Southwest such as the relations with the Mexicans and Native Americans continued through to The American Civil War, 1861-65. James Silas Calhoun (b.1802) was made Indian Agent in 1851 by President Fillmore. His political history begins in 1825 working within Georgia Legislature, starting as a Democratic he became a Whig in the early 1830’s. He died in Independence Missouri in 1852. James Calhoun’s correspondence illustrates a wide range of circumstances from which the political situation can be deduced. The correspondence covers the period of his time in office: 1849-52. Alongside other contemporary accounts the details of the political situation can be concurred across the timeline, although the situation adapted over the time period of this study. Accounts from Captain William Becknell and William Ryus give further details of the Santa Fe Trail before and after James Calhoun’s correspondence. Becknell and Ryus travelled the Trail in 1821 and 1860 respectively; Becknell was the first one to travel

At the end of the expedition, on August 30, 1869, Powell and his remaining crew reach safety at a Mormon settlement named Callville, located at the south of the Virgin River. The remaining crew come across a man named Mr. Asa; who is also played by Cody Sloan. Mr. Asa comes to the men and offers to help take them back to the Mormon settlement. He says that he will tell everyone that he found Powell and his remaining crew members. The audience is left with a bit of a cliff hanger there. Will Powell and his men get the credit they deserve? What happened to the rest of his crew? We were left to decide ourselves.

The Story.In September 11, 1857 was the date that Mormons and Paiutes killed 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah.The Mormons killed all those emigrants because the emigrants started committing minor depredations against Mormons fields, abusing the local Paiutes indians, and taunting the Mormons with the reminders of how the Missourians had attacked and chased them out of Missouri during the 1830s.Then after that some Mormon guerillas decided to get revenge on the emigrants.The Mormons cooperated with the Paiutes indians who were already attacking the train.Then when the Mormons got there they pretended to be the protectors.The Mormon guerillas told the emigrants that they have convinced the Paiutes indians to let them go if they surrender

During the Second Great Awakening many Americans were stirred by passionate religious movements and Mormonism was one of them. Although it initially began as a revelation given to Joseph Smith, his strong beliefs led to powerful revivals in the New York area that drew people from across the northeast. Despite strong interest and numerous converters to the faith, the Mormon community would not remain in the New York area for long. Though they had an objective of spreading Mormonism throughout America and other parts of the world, this was only part of the reason for their move west. Religious persecution, government issues, spiritual revelation, financial problems, and land disputes ultimately led to their decision to settle in Utah.