Is Salt Lake City Mormon?

If you asked the a group of non-Utahns to come up with a few words they associate with Salt Lake City, it would probably be easy to identify a theme: Mormonism. And it is easy to see why — Salt Lake City was founded by Mormom settlers and is still the world capital of the Church of Latter Day Saints. read more

The cemetery also boasts a great view of the Salt Lake Valley. Ensign Peak. Ensign Peak is a prominent hill on the northern edge of the Salt Lake Valley. On July 26, 1847, two days after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young and seven other pioneer leaders climbed the hill to survey the valley. read more

Salt Lake City is the home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, founded in 1847. The choir's weekly program, called Music and the Spoken Word, is the longest-running continuous network broadcast in the world. Salt Lake City is also the home to the Utah Symphony Orchestra, which was founded in 1940 by Maurice Abravanel and has become widely renowned. read more

Salt Lake City is now the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the L.D.S. or Mormon Church.) Salt Lake City is the headquarters of the Mormon Church Read Ty Burrell's love letter to Salt Lake City. read more