State of Deseret
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 God has shown me that this is the spot to locate this people, and here is where they will prosper. |
โ  Brigham Young
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State of Deseret was a 
Mormon territory proposed to be a 
US state. He is the predecessor of 
Utah. Promoted by Mormon leaders and led by official church prophet Brigham Young, Utah became the paradise for the exiled Mormons to settle. The Deseret State operated for nearly two years but was never recognized by the USA government.
The name "Deseret" comes from the word for "honeybee" in the Book of Mormon. He was a proposed state, with his area covering today's Utah with chunks of 
Arizona, 
California, 
Colorado, 
Idaho, 
Nevada, 
New Mexico, 
Oregon, and 
Wyoming.
๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐จ (History)
When members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Mormon pioneers, settled in what is now the 
Salt Lake City in 1847 (then part of the 
Centralist Republic of Mexico), they wished to establish a government that would be recognized by the United States. A downgrade from 
Joseph Smith's wish to be 
President, but at least the Mormons would have some clay for themselves.
Initially, Smith's successor Brigham Young intended to apply Deseret for status as a territory and sent John Milton Bernhisel to 
Washington, D.C. with a petition for territorial status. Realizing that California and New Mexico were applying for admission as states, Young changed his mind and decided to petition for statehood.
Deseret realized that he did not have time to follow the usual steps toward statehood. Thus, Young and a group of church elders formed a convention in the capital town of Salt Lake City, where they quickly drafted and adopted a state constitution on 6 March 1849. It was based on that of 
Iowa, a state through which the Mormons had passed, with some having temporarily settled there. Deseret stayed silent on the issue of 
slavery, which was tearing America apart in the 1850s.
USA rejected the borders for a state named "Deseret". However, it was compromised that Brigham Young would become the governor of the new 
Utah Territory in 1850โso much for the 
separation of church and state!
๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ (Relationships)
๐ค๐ญ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ (Neutral)
๐๐ญ๐๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฉ๐ป๐ - 
Prophet Smith wanted to be your 
President, but he was brutally martyred in your prison! And you are straying away from the 
New Zion ever since the Mountain Meadows Massacreโฆ However, you honored us 
Mormons with our own state, and thus we will honor you back! Thank you, 
Millard Fillmore! We shall continue to live vicariously through 
Utah.
๐๐๐ฒ๐๐จ๐ (Enemies)
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐จ - YOU JAILED OUR FOUNDER AND LEADER! YOU ALSO KICKED OUT OUR MORMONS!! You are the worst territory to ever exist! I also don't recognize that blasphemous Independence church!
๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ - You let Joseph Smith die!! YOU ARE BANNED FROM ZION!
๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ - Youโฆ you WHAT? YOU MASSACRED MY SETTLERS! May 
God and glorious leaderhave mercy on youโฆ Joseph Smith
๐๐ต ๐ป๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ (How to draw)
State of Deseret has a drawing rating of intermediate.
- Draw a ball.
- Divide the ball into 12 horizontal stripes: 6 blue, and 6 white.
- Add a white canton to the top left.
- In the canton, draw 12 small blue 5-pointed stars positioned in a circle.
- In the circle of the stars, draw a bigger blue star.
- Add eyes and done!
| Color Name | HEX | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | #0065A3 | |
| White | #FFFFFF | |
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