The who, what, when, where, & why of the Mormon Trail. Ep. 170

[@RockSmithStudio]

Just found this channel. Incredibly fascinating stuff. 19th century America was an incredibly fascinating time in human history

[@OutsideGamerGirl]

As many Utahns, my roots are from the brave and persistent pioneers. With over 50 relatives who made that monumentous trek, I am grateful and proud of my pioneer heritage, and humbled by their sacrifice so their posterity may enjoy the religous freedom we all share. ❤

[@willis873]

On June 15-18 of this year, I went on a Trek with 5 different stakes from the four corners area, and it was one of the hardest things I have done in my life. It was quite incredible and I had a great time. From this little snippet of reenactment of the life of Mormon Pioneers, my respect for them increased ten-fold. I know that there were many times where they could not have made it without the help of God.

[@kimberlymitchell7630]

I joined 4 years ago then moved to a different state. I have only just returned to the church. The church I go to is much better. I feel like I'm home. I'm 53 and my husband is a non believer in any religion.He doesn't have a problem in dropping me to services or having the missionaries drop by. So I am very blessed there.My daughter in her 30s attended a few services and enjoyed but didn't feel apart of the community. I understand what she is saying and wondering if any wards have something on during the week or groups that help members that don't have family members. I know this is with any church but still wondered.

[@mpaulm]

Just learned about the youth doing pioneer days and how hard it is up in Cold Lake, Alberta. Excellent video too.

[@MaestroAki]

This was both entertaining and informative. I wish you were the narrator of the SAINTS volumes.

[@PapaKryptoss]

Love these short stories

[@garysatterlee9455]

Good job, David!

[@BenKochendorfer]

Thanks for creating! Great Job:)

[@roughstonerolling]

Small correction: you showed a picture of Devil's Tower, which the saints would not have seen as it was in (what is today) NE Wyoming. They passed through Devil's Gate. It's not something you said, but showed. Devil's tower is ~150 miles off the trail.

[@life-of-taylor]

Rats. As the editor I'll take that one. I was actually looking for "Giant's Butte," which is a landmark that shows up in a lot of old pioneer maps of the Mormon Trail. I was trying to include some of the well-known ones. For some reason, though, when I Googled "giant's butte, WY," it came up with images of Devil's Tower. Logical me said, "well look at all the other 'Devil's stuff' they named these land marks - this makes total sense!" and I just assumed it was a synonym. Shoulda done just one Google Maps search more... Thanks for pointing it out and keeping us honest!

[@DannyAGray]

@@life-of-taylor tisk tisk tisk. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[@Kadenshandle]

​@@DannyAGray Hello, you must not watch many educational videos. They have tons of tiny mistakes, for example the show "Extra Credits" has a video following every series about these errors. With about a rate of about 5 a video. I know that they have more manpower and time than Taylor. It is not something to be ashamed of, that is like getting mad at a child for citing Wikipedia when you have not taught them how to find a trustworthily source.

[@DannyAGray]

@@Kadenshandle I'm not entirely sure if you're being sarcastic or what, but I'm really just teasing Taylor. I've watched videos from S.U. for a few years now, and Taylor and the rest of the team are fantastic and exceptional! I love their work, their content, and their presentations. Whatever errors they make or have made, in my opinion, are negligible. But if, for some reason, you're saying I'm naive..... meh. You've got your opinions just like the other 8 billion people in the world, so it doesn't mean much to me. 😁

[@rconger384]

Good eyes.

[@rconger384]

The first pair to arrive in The Valley were Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow over Donner Hill.

[@traceynorth9877]

Your map of the Oregan/Mormon trail shows Devil's Tower as being located at South Pass. That is so wrong. I can't believe no one has mentioned it before now. Devil's Tower is in the northeast area of Wyoming. The reason you never see pictures of South Pass is because it is over 30 miles wide comprising prairie, sage brush, and antelope. Please check your facts.

[@tpbarron]

Thanks David!

[@candyhr4152]

What movie was that comedy about the handcart reinactors?

[@jarod.anderson]

0:39 unlocked so many memories 😂

[@ovrair6340]

Do you think you could do a video of the natives they displaced/killed? I always found it interesting how despite the native Americans being central to the book of Mormon the pioneers still treated them terribly, and have wondered why they did that.

[@life-of-taylor]

Geez, imagine if Brigham had colonized San Francisco instead of Salt Lake.

[@OutsideGamerGirl]

Thankfully, President Young was divinely guided by our Heavenly Father. Utah is the gem of the West. Look at the state Cali is in now. So glad Utah was chosen to be settled!

[@life-of-taylor]

@@OutsideGamerGirl I definitely agree Utah was the better choice! I mean, who else would've colonized this place, amirite? haha Nah, I was mostly just speculating. San Francisco was largely unsettled at the time so I was just imagining what it would be like now if the church had shaped it as the capitol of the Church of Jesus Christ. Would California be any different than it is now? Would different boundaries have been drawn for the state, would the church have even survived the influx of nonmembers from the gold rush? Who knows. Utah was where the Lord wanted us to be, and it turned out for the best. But it's fun to think about alternative histories. :)

[@LordDirus007]

San Francisco was already inhabitanted by the Spanish. It probably would have led to a War. The Mormons had to go to an unsettled Area with no one around in an unclaimed territory.

[@mtbalpinecounty]

💪

[@clarestucki5151]

Some historians claim the exact opposite, namely that Joseph's martyrdom actually saved the church by leading to Brigham Young assuming the leadership. Bernard DeVoto would be one such making that claim.

[@ChonkCroc]

I got a question im an atheist and i have full knowledge of christ but i dont reject christ and i believe there a god am i going to hell

[@SaintsUnscripted]

This might help: Do Non-Mormons Go to Hell? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rouakpiefZykors

[@theatreguy1850]

Hi, I tried to message you on your Facebook page about a month ago but you never responded. I don't know if that is a response in and of itself or if it just wasn't working or what. I just wanted to find out if you would be interested in having a guest who could share historical, scientific, and cultural evidence and context for why Joseph Smith was not a pedophile, that young marriages were common and how there were in fact NO teenagers involved with polygamy. That the goal of sharing this information is to help reduce any uneasiness about this the subject, promote a more correct understanding of church history and to help strengthen faith of members. Please respond in either way. Thank you.

[@Mr2blue2]

For a more comprehensive look into the Willy and Martin hand cart tragedy and the roll church leadership played you will want to watch this. It is common to simply gloss over a chapter in history when it shines a bad light on the leaders. It is also unfortunate when perpetrators blame their victims. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqS0pKulg6lgaas

[@dianethulin1700]

Samuel Brannon did stay in San Francisco and made a fortune selling gold panning supplies and opened hardware stores. Before he died he lost his money and was excommunicated

[@diegobarberena9499]

No mention that they were escaping to Mexico? Utah was Mexico at that time and until the end of the Mexican American War in 1948. They still are many Mormons in current Mexico, just across the current USA Mexico Border.

[@ladybugmom10]

I don’t think I’d call listing the statistics of deaths as fun facts . But other than that great video.

[@Cyrusmagi]

It made Brigham Young a millionaire in his day which is always what he really ever desired from the first moment of coming into contact with the Book, the book of Mormon , now this story is true!

[@rconger384]

If THAT were true Brigham would have dumped the saints right there and gone to California and joined the rest of those gold hunters by 1849.