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In 1850, a Board of Regents was organized by Brigham Young to establish a university in Salt Lake City, the University of Deseret.
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Orson Spencer is named as the first chancellor of the University.
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The University of Deseret is closed due to lack of funds and feeder schools.
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After years of intermittent classes in the Salt Lake City Council House began to be reestablished under the guidance of David O. Calder.
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In 1876, the university moves out of the Salt Lake City Council House into the Union Academy building.
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The university expands into Union Square
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The school's name was changed to the University of Utah.
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John R. Park, the intellectual father of the University of Utah, began arranging to obtain the land which belonged to the U.S. Army's Fort Douglas.
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Land on the bench of Salt Lake Valley was granted by Fort Douglas to the University of Utah, where they moved to and remain today.
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Upon his death, John R. Park left his entire fortune plus his library to the University of Utah. The university grew rapidly in the early 20th century.
