Faced with this sparse environment and the rockhard soil. they pioneered modem irrigation methods by building dams on streams in the nearby canyons to store and divert a supply of the precious water. to their crops in the basin below. Today. the once desolate Salt Lake Valley is filled with lush green vegetation and gleaming marble buildings. a fitting tribute to Mormon ingenuity. perseverance. and hard work. Their success in bringing water to the desert is only but a small portion of their magnificent pioneering history. Throughout the latter half of the 19th century. the LDS brought newly immigrated European converts to their western headquarters and then assimilated them into their intermountain communities. The Mormons soon spread over the entire region. seeding towns and farming communities in Arizona. New Mexico.
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