Brigham Young, by Caleb

Joseph Smith was the first prophet and Brigham Young was the second. Brigham Young led the saints across the plains to Salt Lake City which at that time was a valley and a dry place. But it was mostly because of his work that the western states are part of the United States, because he sent out Mormons to build little towns about ten miles apart, like Manti, Draper, Springville, and Gunnison, but all over the western states. There are memorials of him in Washington, DC. He is said to have done more work for America than James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and almost as much as George Washington himself.