The Mormon Founding of Salt Lake City

What drew the Latter Day Saints to Utah? Was anyone living there before the arrival of Brigham Young? And how did the city develop?

Max Perry Mueller joins Don today to discuss Salt Lake City. Max is an associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He writes more about this topic in 'Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West'.

Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.

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