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The map of Salt Lake City reflects the values of the Latter Day Saint settlers and the tension they had with the united states government.

00:00 Introduction
01:14 Establishing Zion
03:55 Significance of the Valley
04:58 Ad Read
06:04 The Plat of Zion
08:25 The Wide Streets
09:30 The Plat in Practice
12:37 Impact of outside factors
14:25 Conclusion

99 Percent Invisible did a great story on this: https://99percentinvisible.org/episod...

Joseph Smith's Plat of Zion: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/pap...

Joesph Smith's Plan for the Temple: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/pap...

More Reading: https://www.academia.edu/90862929/The...

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