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    Brigham Young (/ˈbrɪɡəm/ BRIG-əm; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the...
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    Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young...
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    Brigham Young (1801–1877), second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), was perhaps the most famous polygamist of...
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    Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. He...
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  • In 1857, at the time of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, Brigham Young, was serving as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS...
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  • Brigham Young (1801–1877) was an American colonizer and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Brigham Young may also...
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    Brigham Young Jr. (December 18, 1836 – April 11, 1903) served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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    Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho or BYUI) is a private college in Rexburg, Idaho. Founded 137 years ago in 1888, the college is owned and operated...
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    Brigham Young University–Hawaii (BYU–Hawaii) is a private college in Laie, Hawaii, United States. It is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ...
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    Brigham Young (also known as Brigham Young – Frontiersman) is a 1940 American biographical western film starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Dean Jagger...
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    Logan Logan  Brigham Young College was a college and high school in Logan, Utah. It was founded by Brigham Young on 6 August 1877, 23 days before his...
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    Cougars football team is the college football program representing Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. The Cougars began collegiate football...
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    expedition dispatched by President Buchanan, and Territorial Governor Brigham Young's declaration of martial law in response. While the travelers were camped...
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    Monument (also known as the Brigham Young Family Cemetery) is a private cemetery and memorial. It is the burial site of Brigham Young and several of his wives...
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    murders), the transfer of Utah's governorship from church president Brigham Young to non-Mormon Alfred Cumming, and the peaceful entrance of the U.S....
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    The Brigham Young Monument (or Pioneer Monument) is a bronzed historical monument located on the north sidewalk of the intersection at Main and South...
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    bodyguard for Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Hickman was reputedly a member of the Danites. In April 1854, Hickman was asked by Young to go to Green River and...
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    Ann Eliza Young (September 13, 1844 – December 7, 1917) also known as Ann Eliza Webb Dee Young Denning was one of Brigham Young's fifty-six wives and...
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    named Batiste to Charles Decker, Brigham Young's brother-in-law. She converted to Mormonism and worked in Brigham Young's house as either an indentured servant...
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    the Illinois militia, though activities continued under command of Brigham Young until the expulsion of the Latter-day Saints from the state. The final...
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    Pratt and Willard Richards convinced Brigham Young to exterminate any Timpanogos hostile to the Mormon settlement. Young sent the Nauvoo Legion down with...
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    church. For his role in the migration, Brigham Young is sometimes referred to as the "American Moses." Young personally reviewed all available information...
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    in 1858 was the catalyst for bringing the Utah War to a resolution. Brigham Young called twenty-seven men from the Salt Lake Valley to form the Salmon...
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    The Brigham Young Forest Farmhouse is a historic home in Salt Lake City, Utah. The building was once owned by Brigham Young, an early leader of the Church...
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    of Joseph Smith, founder of the church, and was the adopted son of Brigham Young under the early Latter Day Saint law of adoption doctrine. In 1839,...
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  • majority of his followers sided with Brigham Young, who led the church to its current headquarters in Salt Lake City. Young and his successors continued the...
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  • top church president Brigham Young ordered him to finish the job.: 278  According to historian John G. Turner it is likely Young was involved in the death...
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    dissenters and outsiders perceived to be a threat to Brigham Young's power.: 274 : 169–170  Brigham Young denied that the Danites continued to exist. However...
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  • American Primeval (category Cultural depictions of Brigham Young)
    Cutter, Virgil's younger brother and a local trapper Kim Coates as Brigham Young, the first governor of the Utah Territory and the second president of...
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  • Mormon leaders prepared Mormons for a seven-year siege predicted by Brigham Young. Mormons were to stockpile grain, and were prevented from selling grain...
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