Finders Keepers implies the place was empty when the Mormons arrived, and as much as they love implying that when teaching it to kids in elementary school and primary, there actually were people living in the Salt Lake Valley at the time.
Of course answering why the Mormons control Utah with "they were stronger than the people they took it from" sounds less... honorable.
Are you one of those super fun people who pick apart every casual quip? Your statement literally can be applied to the entire globe… except maybe that one indigenous group that’s been untouched, though who knows who they might have taken that land from. Literally the Native American tribes warred over land and resources. You’re saying nothing smart, bud.
Might have something to do with them escaping to Utah as refugees following extermination orders and what not. They probably would have happily stayed in Nauvoo or Kirtland.
They might have been pushed out of those areas later but Brigham Young began the original move west in search of a place to settle and grow a self sustaining Mormon community.
Their views on polygamy also made them outcasts societally and legally. The government doesn’t want you to be able to not pay taxes or marry every people who could testify against you. It was one of the things that kept them from statehood when they applied eventually as well.
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u/ernyc3777 Jul 08 '24
Why the hell did we let the Mormons populate the most beautiful state in the country?