Item Detail
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14079
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2
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14
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English
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Steel Rails and the Utah Saints
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Journal of Mormon History
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Fall 2001
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27
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no.2
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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177-96
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Brigham Young encouraged the construction of the transcontinental railway through Utah despite the knowledge that with the railroad would come an influx of non-mormon emigrants. The railroad would be a faster route for traveling Mormon emigrants also. Young believed that the railroad would also strengthen the economy and build commerce with the east and the Pacific coast. Large companies of Mormon men were assigned to assist with the construction of the transcontinental railroad and the subsequent connecting lines. The first priority was to build a line connecting Odgen and Salt Lake City. Next, the Utah Southern Railroad was built to allow granite to be more easily shipped from the quarry site in Little Cottonwood Canyon to the Salt Lake City Temple site. Then a northern branch was encouraged to increase commerce between the northern Utah communities and Montana mining cities. 1879 has been known as the end of the 'era of Mormon railroads.' At this time, outside companies purchased and controlled these local lines. A comparison between Ogden and Provo, which was unsuccessful in becoming a railway hub, illustrates the impact of the railroad on Utah and community life
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