The cross-continent trek by Brigham Young to the shores of the Great Salt Lake in what is now Utah was designed to permit the Mormons to establish settlements in a tight, church-related community far from any governmental authority seeking to enforce
civil laws against polygamy.
Answer:
TRUE
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