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Why did the settlers want to name the state "Deseret"? (In Utah)

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State of Deseret (proposed)

The name of Deseret was favored by the LDS leader Brigham Young as a symbol of industry and was derived from a reference in the Book of Mormon. The petition was rejected by Congress and Utah did not become a state until 1896.

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