Yesterday marked the centenary of the founding of Salt Lake City, Utah, by the Mormons. “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints” was founded by Joseph Smith, who claimed to have had a revelation which definitely enjoined polygamy. Smith and his brother, after making public his * revelation,” were killed in a popular revolt. Three years after this “martyrdom,” the Mormons, led by Brigham Young, moved further westward and founded Salt Lake City. In 1896, Utah became a state, and polygamy was legally abolished, although it had been rejected when the church was reorganised some 40 years earlier. The word “Mormon”' is claimed to be the name of a prophet. The Mormons derive many of their distinctive beliefs from a book written, they claim, by their namesake.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25245, 25 July 1947, Page 4
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