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
First Congregational Church (Salt Lake City, Utah) the old church, with 45 ranks, 70 stops, and 2,745 pipes. When most American Congregational churches participated in forming the new United Church of Christ in the late 1950s, the First Congregational Church did not join them. Instead, it chose to affiliate with the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. As of 2001, it was the only Utah church with this denominational affiliation. The church had about 300 members as of 2001. First Congregational Church (Salt Lake City, Utah) The First Congregational Church of Salt Lake City, Utah is a Congregational church affiliated with the National Association of Congregational Christian