Utah History By aprilstone44 Jul 24, 1847 Brigham Young came into the Salt Lake Valley Jun 15, 1850 Deseret News is established Dec 25, 1861 Third movement for statehood Jun 2, 1873 Poland Act passes Mar 3, 1887 Edmunds-Tucker Act passes Jan 4, 1896 Utah becomes a state May 1, 1907 Tho Scofield mine disaster Nov 20, 1919 Zions National Park dedicated Sep 15, 1928 Bryce Canyon is established Oct 29, 1930 Stock Market crashes Dec 27, 1944 Geneva Steel plant is in operation Apr 11, 1956 Colorado River storage project Aug 16, 1964 Flaming Gorge is dedicated Dec 1, 1970 the last issues of the LDS magazines are released