Episode 2 of 3

Brigham Young Arrives

When
July 24, 1847
Where
Salt Lake Valley
Part of
Brigham Young's Mormon pioneers reach Salt Lake Valley

Brigham Young arrived in Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, establishing the date as Pioneer Day in Utah.

Young arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. This date is recognized as Pioneer Day in Utah. Young founded Salt Lake City after arriving in Utah.

Sources

  1. Brigham Young Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.