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they came
70,000 pioneers arrived in what is now salt lake city. -
mountain meadows
mormons attacked pioneers while they were traveling trough utah in a 5 day battle -
rail road
the transcontinental rail road meets at promotnoty point. -
byu
brigham young university is established. -
no more polygamy
the edmunds tucker act is passed making polygamyillegal -
statehood
utah finally becomes a state aftaer 45 years of struggle -
edmunds law
the edmunds law was passed and polygamist mormons went into hiding -
olympics
utah wins the olympics bid -
new governer
gary herbert is elected governer of utah
