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
Cathedral of the Madeleine (Salt Lake City, Utah) novel "The Da Vinci Code" in 2003 and subsequent release of the movie in 2006, the number of visitors to the reliquary of Saint Mary Magdelene increased significantly. The Cathedral is home to the only co-educational Catholic Choir School in the United States. The Madeleine Choir School, established in 1996, now serves over 350 students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Eight. Composer Amédée Tremblay notably served as the church's organist from 1920 to 1925. Cathedral of the Madeleine (Salt Lake City, Utah) The Cathedral of the Madeleine is a Roman Catholic church in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was