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The Mormons are a religious sect originally located in Utah and the Territories and States in its neighbourhood. The sect was founded by Joseph Smith, of Sharon, Vermont, and Palmyra, New York, the first organized conference being held on June the 1st, 1830, at Fayette, New York. The distinguishing features of their belief are polygamy, materialism and baptism for the remission of sins. The Mormons first settled in Missouri, but were expelled thence, probably because of their anti-slavery sentiments. In 1839. they settled at Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1844 an Illinois mob killed the leader Smith. Emigrating again, by 1848 they were settled at Salt Lake City. Brigham Young, the president, was appointed Governor of Utah Territory in 1850 by President Fillmore, but he turned out to be wholly in sympathy with the Mormons, and resisted the Federal troops in 1857. For many years after the American Government experienced many difficulties in regulating the relations of the Mormons and Christians in Salt Lake City. In 1883 the Edmunds Act disfranchised polygamists.
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Art Lund was an American actor. He was born in 1915 at Salt Lake City, Utah and died in 1990.
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Mack Swain was an American actor and director. He was born in 1876 at Salt Lake City, Utah and died in 1935.
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Patrick Fugit is an American actor. He was born in 1982 at Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Robert Walker was an American actor. He was born in 1918 at Salt Lake City, Utah and died in 1951 following an adverse reaction to drugs he was prescribed. He starred playing the role of Lee Strobie in the 1951 Western Vengeance Valley.
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Arleen Whelan was an American actress. She was born in 1916 at Salt Lake City, Utah and died in 1993 of a stroke.
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Edy Williams (real name Edwina Beth Williams) is an American actress famed for disrobing. She was born in 1942 at Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Jaime Bergman is an American actress and glamour model. She was born in 1975 at Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Joi Lansing (real name Joyce Wassmansdorff) was an American actress. She was born in 1928 at Salt Lake City, Utah and died in 1972.
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Maude Adams (real name Maude Kiskadden) was an American actress. She was born in 1872 at Salt Lake City, Utah and died in 1953. She starred in many of the plays of J M Barrie and is rumoured to have been the inspiration for the character of 'Peter Pan'.
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