Westward Expansion Trails the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The Mormon Trail followed part of the Oregon Trail and then branched off at the fur trading post called Fort Bridger, founded by famed mountain man Jim Bridger. Heading south and following river valleys southwestward to the valley of the Great Salt Lake, Brigham Young led the first Mormons into present-day Utah during 1847. The Mormon Trail is 1,300 miles long and extends from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah. The Mormon Trail was used for more than 20 years after the Mormons used it and has been reserved for sightseeing. The initial
EA Salt Lake Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. In 2011, EA Salt Lake was moved to the EA Maxis division of Electronic Arts, which focuses on life simulation and casual games. After a restructure to focus on mobile titles in January 2014, EA closed down the studio in April 2017. As Headgate Studios: As EA Salt Lake: EA Salt Lake EA Salt Lake was an American video game developer located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was owned by video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA). EA Salt Lake was founded by the studio's president, Vance Cook, as Headgate Studios in