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In the 1840s, the , who are a religious group, traveled west searching for a new . Many Mormons lived in the state of
Illinois. But they had been treated and finally were forced to leave. As the Mormons traveled through the , they became
discouraged. Then they saw a strange . The tree's stretched out like arms. The Mormons thought the tree looked
like Joshua, a hero from the Bible. The Mormons thought the arms of the tree were telling them to continue on their way, so they did. They found a new home in what is now the state of Utah. In Utah, they saw trees like the one in the desert. They called them .
The Joshua tree was very useful. The Native Americans of the West used almost all its . They ate not only the fruit of the tree, but also its seeds and white blossoms. They used its leaves for . From its roots they made and got colors for their clothes.
Settlers in the West used the Joshua tree for firewood and . Unfortunately, they often needed to cut down the trees. Some of the trees were as tall as fifty feet. These trees were 7O0 or 8O0 years old. The Joshua tree grows very slowly. It grows only about one inch a year.
By the beginning of the 1900s, most Joshua trees had been cut down. People were sad that this strange tree had almost disappeared. In 1936, the Joshua Tree National Monument was established in California. It has many kinds of interesting desert plants, including, of course, many Joshua trees. None of these Joshua trees are fifty feet. But perhaps someday they will be.