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Events on Wednesday 29 August 1877 1
1801 – 1877Brigham Young (1801-1877)Died 29 August 1877, aged 76Brigham Young led the Latter-day Saints west after the death of Joseph Smith, founding Salt Lake City and directing the settlement of Utah. He served as the first governor of Utah Territory and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for three decades. He oversaw the church's rapid expansion and the colonization of much of the Mountain West.