The were a religious group that headed to oregon in the 1840s.

The Mormons were a religious group that headed to Oregon in the 1840's.
This unique group was a religious sect called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their more popular name was the Mormons. They were a religious sect that was formed in 1827, by a man named Joseph Smith from New York, who has been claiming that he has been visited by an angel whose name was Moroni, and that the angel was the son of the prophet Mormon.