Pioneer Day Quiz
1. When did the Mormon exodus West begin?
2. When did the advance party of Mormon pioneers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley?
3. When did the full first company of Mormon pioneers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley?
4. Were there African-Americans with the first group of Pioneers in Utah?
5. How many settlements did the Mormons found in Utah and neighboring states between 1847 and 1900?
6. Who were the first free African-Americans to settle in Utah?
7. Which of the pioneers broke the first ground in the Salt Lake Valley?
8. What was the first Mormon colony in Utah outside of the Salt Lake Valley?
9. When did the Mexican War end?
10. What treaty ended the Mexican War?
11. What was the significance of the end of the Mexican War?
12.How did the Mormons respond to the end of the Mexican War?
13. Did Congress admit the Territory of Deseret to the Union?
14. Who is credited with saying “This is the place?”
15. How did Utah get its name?
16. When the first Mormon pioneer company set out west from Winter Quarters in 1847, it soon became apparent that a trail guide, including mileage between campsites, would be useful for future immigrants. A wooden odometer with gear wheels was designed and attached to a wagon box. Name the odometer’s designer and builder:
17. Name the commander of the Mormon raiding party that in 1857 attacked wagon trains of the U.S. Army that were marching on Utah Territory.
18. Who said of the local Indian tribes, “It is better to feed them than to fight them.”
19. A large open-air meeting hall was constructed for gatherings on Temple Square before the Tabernacle was built. What was this structure called?
20. Who said: “I never killed anyone who didn’t need killing.”
Answers
1.Their exodus began Feb. 4, 1846.
2. July 22, 1847
3. July 24, 1847
4. Yes. Three African-American slaves, Green Flake, Hark Lay and Oscar Crosby, come west with the first pioneer company.
5. Between 1847 and 1900 the Mormons founded about 500 settlements in Utah and neighboring states.
6. Migrating with the Ira Eldredge Company, Isaac and Jane Manning James and their sons Sylvester and Silas were the first free blacks to settle in Utah.
7. On July 24 William Carter broke the first ground and laid the first furrow in the valley.
8. Provo.
9. February 1848
10. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
11. The treaty gave the United States title to much of the Southwest, including Utah.
12. The Mormons responded by forming a political government and creating the State of Deseret (1849-1850).
13. No. Congress would not admit Deseret to the Union and instead created the Territory of Utah, a vast area encompassing, until the 1860s, most of present Nevada and part of present Wyoming and Colorado.
14. Brigham Young
15. The state of Utah is named after the Utes, an American Indian tribe.
16. William Clayton gets the lion’s share of credit, though it was undoubtedly a team effort. The first odometer design was suggested by Orson Pratt, but it was too complex. A simpler version was developed. It was constructed by craftsman Appleton Harmon.
17. Lot Smith. His efforts delayed the U.S. Army and forced it to winter at Fort Bridger, Wyoming.
18. Brigham Young
19. The Bowery
20. Orrin Porter Rockwell, the colorful former bodyguard of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith and an early Utah lawman. Rockwell also ran Utah’s first beer distillery. He was accused of the attempted murder of Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs, who had ordered the extermination of Mormons, but the charges were never proved.
