Salt Lake County, Utah Utah Territory after traveling what settlers later called Emigration Canyon. Brigham Young, their leader, declared "This is the place" after seeing the valley. Compared to eastern regions, it seemed arid and unpromising to some of the migrants. Settlers used extensive irrigation to develop agriculture and the flourishing, self-sufficient city, known then as Great Salt Lake City. Thousands of Mormons joined them in the next several decades. The county was officially organized on January 31, 1850, with slightly more than 11,000 residents recorded. Mormon settlements were scattered across the valley and beyond. They relocated the territorial capital to Great Salt Lake
Holy Trinity Cathedral (Salt Lake City, Utah) and 2005, at a cost of $4.2 million. The lower level of the building houses the Hellenic Cultural Museum, opened in 1992. The museum's exhibits focus on the early history of Greek immigration and immigrant life in Utah and the Salt Lake Valley. Holy Trinity Cathedral (Salt Lake City, Utah) The Holy Trinity Cathedral, also known as Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, is a Greek Orthodox Church in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Built in 1923, the church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The Greek Orthodox community of Salt Lake City organized in