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Byu basketball injuries. They desperately needed the money after several years of drought and poor crop yields. 176 virtually every federal officer who became involved the investigations of the massacre would conclude that young personally ordered the atrocity used his position to shield the killers who had followed his instructions and personally directed the elimination of all. He founded salt lake city and he served as the first governor of the utah territoryyoung also led the foundings of the precursors to the.

Or less 131 acres of land that young deeded to the railroad. An organization for the young women of the church came into being as part of the plans of president young to protect the saints against the gentile world at the coming of the railroad. Young served as a guard and scout in the following years operating in salt lake valley and the.

Brigham young negotiated contracts for thousands of mormons to work on both central pacific and union pacific crews in utah. For the most part the latter day saints welcomed the railroad coming through utah in large part because it provided jobs. When the project was finished there was still a great deal of money owed to brigham young by the union pacific and because of their financial difficulties they were not able to meet the.

141 year old brigham young contract with union pacific a thorn in ogdens side. Strong arm tactics so the mormons were allowed to help build the railroad. In fact brigham young was one of the first to sign on with credit mobilier.

At age twelve young drove an ox cart along the mormon trail reaching salt lake city in 1848. Young was born in kirtland ohio the son of brigham young and mary ann angellyoungs twin sister mary died at age seven from the effects of injuries received at age two in a wagon accident. Brigham young met his match with the rail road barons brig threatened to disrupt railroad construction in utah if he did not get his way.

Brigham basically had things set up to give himself a dollar for every dollar the work crews earned. Brigham young b r em. In 1868 brigham young signed a grading contract with the union pacific railroad to work on the transcontinental line in utah.

Brigham young january 17 1858 journal of discourses vol. While there still was some animosity towards the mormons led by brigham young following conflicts with the army in the 1850s the mormons were very eager to help build the railroad through utah territory in hopes of bringing prosperity and trade to their region. June 1 1801 august 29 1877 was an american religious leader politician and settlerhe was the second president of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints lds church from 1847 until his death in 1877.