Utah War: Polygamy, Rebellion & Brigham Young's Defiance

Disputes arose with the federal government over our church's polygamy practice. Tensions peaked in 1857 when President James Buchanan declared the area in rebellion after Brigham Young refused to resign as governor, starting the Utah War. #UtahWar #BrighamYoung #Polygamy #MormonHistory #USHistory #1857 #FederalGovernment #Rebellion #JamesBuchanan #religioushistory

Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as of 2021 estimates), making it the 22nd largest in the nation. With a population of 199,723 in 2020, it is the 111th most populous city in the United States. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada).

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