Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
The 'state' of Deseret was an attempt at a massive land grab by the Mormons. It would have given them the area in this pic inside the dotted line. The blue was the Utah territory. Deseret wouldn't have been a state. It would have been entirely independent of congress, essentially a Mormon nation.

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Yep, they wanted that coastline of SoCal so they'd have a seaport.

No one ever said they were dumb, did they?

The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)

member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?