The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is pretty sad.  So many people were persecuted for believing in Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon and mormon doctrine.  They traveled all over the United States of America until they walked all the way to Utah.  Utah is where a lot of the Mormons settled under the direction of Brigham Young who was the second president of their church.  Joseph Smith was the first president, but he was killed before they made their journey west.  The Mormons settled all over Utah.  Some were in the St. George area, the Salt Lake area, and even the Manti area.