[Orson Pratt] Returning to Nauvoo in December, Pratt found church leaders preparing to leave the city. He moved his family across the Mississippi River early the next year and then helped guide the pioneers to the Rocky Mountains. On 21 July 1847 he became the first Mormon to enter the Salt Lake Valley. The following year, Pratt returned to England, where he presided over the European Mission and edited The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star.
[source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Orson Pratt, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/p/PRATT%2CORSON.html]
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