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Stumbling Blocks in Utah's Road to Statehood

By kylerarick

  • Brigham Young and others enter the Salt Lake Valley

    Looking for a fresh start in the west, Brigham Young and his followers and fellow Mormons, enter the Salt Lake Valley.
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    Utah's Road to Statehood

  • High Council Governs

    The High Council was both a church calling and a civic duty to govern.

  • Political Parties are Created

    Up until 1870, there were no political parties in the territory of Utah.

  • The Manifesto

    The LDS church issues the 1890 Manifesto that stated that they ceased the teaching of Plural Marriage. This also came at a time where the church and its members were on the brink of losing rights and priveleges of living in the Utah territory.

  • STATEHOOD!!!!!

    Finally after being in the Salt Lake Valley for nearly 50 years, Utah reached statehood and entered into the United States as a free and sovereign state.

  • Elections

    After creating a two party system and sucessfully petitioning the U.S. Federal Government to become a state, Utahns voted for the Democractic presidential candidate.