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In anticipation of the upcoming Utah state holiday on July 24th wherein communities across the state fly the U.S. flag in celebration of the Latter-day Saint arrival in northern Mexico in July 1847, here is a Pioneer Day 101 #twitterstream: 
The Saints did not wander aimlessly westward until Brigham Young declared “This is the Place.” As early as September 1845 Brigham Young had zeroed in on the Salt Lake Valley.
On 9 September 1845, Brigham Young declared to the Council of 50: “it has been proved that there is not much difficulty in sending people beyond the mountains. We have designed sending them somewhere near the Great Salt Lake.” (Council of 50 minutes).
