The History of Utah

By barbiegirl

  • First group of Mormon Pioneers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley

  • LDS church begins constuction on the Salt Lake Temple

  • The Transcontinental Railroad is finished and both the Union and Pacific Railroads meet at Promontory Summit to celebrate.

  • The Saint George Temple was dedicated by Daniel H. Wells.

  • The Edmunds-Tucker Act becomes a law

  • Wilford Woodruff writes the Manifesto stating that polygamy has ended in the Mormon church

  • The day Utah became a state.

  • The day that Rainbow Bridge was discovered.

  • Zions National Park was established.

  • Bryce Canyon National Park was established.

  • Reva Beck Bosone served in the State Representatives soon to become the first woman judge in Utah

  • The Topaz Interment Camp for the Japanese-American was in use in Delta, Utah.

  • The day that Congress created the Colorado River Storage Project.

  • The day the Canyonlands National Park was established.

  • Donny Osmond who was born in Utah went solo around this time of his career in singing.

  • Jake Garn was the first US senator from Utah to fly into space.

  • A tornado slammed it's way into Salt Lake creating alot of damage.

  • Jon Huntsman resigns from his post as Utah governor to become the U.S. ambassador of China.

  • The wettest May ever recorded in Utah.