How Mormons created Utah so quickly
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Joseph Smith founded the LDS Church and this is the story of what followed: how mormons planned to expand into the west, how other prophets rose up and polygamy took over, the tension between them and the US government, and finally, how Utah came to be. This is part two of a three part series.
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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
00:00 INTRO
01:34 GOING WEST
04:15 BUILDING
12:44 POLYGAMY
16:59 THE UTAH WAR
18:56 THE GOVERNMENT V. THE MORMONS
21:05 CONCLUSION
23:22 CREDITS
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