became the territorial governor in September 1850. Any privacy the Saints once had was soon lost, thanks in large part to the gold rush of 1849 as well as the completion of the transcontinental railroad, both of which brought many non-Mormon “Gentiles” west. In 1852 Apostle Orson Pratt, under the direction of Brigham Young, proclaimed the doctrine of plural marriage as a belief of the LDS Church. This teaching became so prominent in the Latter-day Saint faith that some leaders even claimed it was