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Utah History

By Joseph Resek
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    Utah History

  • Brigham Young Enters salt lake sity

    Brigham Young Enters salt lake sity

  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints underwent what is commonly called the Mormon Reformation

  • settlers start surveying what will become Logan, Utah.

  • Settlers selected to found St. George

  • Cornerstone laid for the Church of the Good Samaritan in Corinne which was the first religious building built in Utah by a religion other than Mormons

  • Wilford Woodruff's Manifesto ending polygamy is accepted by Mormons in General Conference

  • Utah Becomes a state

  • Scofield Mine explosion kills more than 200 miners

  • Utah State Capitol dedicated

  • The Morrell Cabin was originally built by Paul Christensen in the 1920’s

  • Hill Field (Hill Air force Bace) is officially named by the War Department

  • John C. Fremont and Kit Carson name Antelope Island

  • First ski lift opens at Snow Park resort in Park City.

  • Glen Canyon Dam dedicated which created Lake Powell

  • Jazz given permission to move to Salt Lake City by the NBA Board of Governors

  • Mr. Bailey is born

  • Joseph Resek Is Born

  • 2002 Olympics begin in Salt Lake City