Show 12 doubt tho boundless political ambition of church lcadcrc led them to Young and stress tho building of other a great intemountain empire such as was proposed by the state of Deseret The boundary of this Mormon paradise which derived its name from a word in tho Mormon Bible meaning “honeybee11 -- for ht left the impression that Deseret was the It is interesting to sanctuary a land of milk and honey note that none of the modern settlements of lieu Mexico are beyond the eastern border of the projected Mormon state The boundary of this empire was roughly set to include the present state of Utah southeastern corner of Idaho all of Nevada exceDting the northwest corner a lnrme portion of long-soug- southern California New Mexico all of and Colorado In Arizona Now and the western Mexico part of the southern boundary wan to be the Gila river east to the Rio Grande up that river to the present Colorado state line Furthermore the Mormons felt secure in their western migration chiefly on account of the fact that the Battalion had helped in gaining the West Thin one event gave the Mormons confidence in their future and no an result a great and continuous migration of Mormons continued into Utah immediate After acquiring the more suitable locations in Utah it was natural that other places favorable to settlement should be occupied Many of these communities were in the |