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Cavemen, and baskets, and pots, oh my!
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We've been spending most our lives livin' in a cliff-dweller's paradise.
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Native Utahns live in strong societies, hunting and fishing in a rugged desert.
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Funded by the rulers of Spain, Columbus guides three ships to the New World.
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Two Spanish priests lead a band of explorers into Utah.
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Father Hidalgo gives the Cry of Dolores
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Spanish and Mexicans sign Treaty of Cordoba, ending the war.
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Mountain man Hugh Glass encounters a grizzly bear which leaves him wounded.
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Joseph Smith conducts the official founding of the LDS church in Fayette, New York
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Joseph Smith and the rest of the Mormons settle in Ohio.
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Mormon headquarters moves to Missouri. The saints are violently persecuted by their new neighbors.
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A mob assassinates Joseph Smith at Carthage jail
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After U.S. soldiers are attacked in Mexico, the U.S. declares war.
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Brigham Young's Vanguard company arrives in the Salt Lake valley.
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ends the war. U.S. gains Utah.
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Congress says no to proposed state of Deseret, but says yes to territory of Utah.
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James Ivie kills Shower-o-cats, setting off a war with the Utes.
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Brigham Young and Wakara make peace at Chicken Creek.
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Rescuers bring the Martin handcart company into the valley.
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President Buchanan sends an army to escort a new territorial governor to Utah and put down the Mormon "rebellion."
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Mormons in southern Utah attack and brutally murder the Fancher party, a group of emigrants traveling through Utah.
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Dash, dot, dash, dash...dot.
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The golden spike is driven at Promontory Point, Utah, uniting the country by rail.
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The territorial legislature gives women the vote, and just in time for Valentine's!
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Polygamist Mormon Reynolds goes to court and argues he has a first amendment right to practice polygamy. But the supreme court rules against him. They say laws against polygamy are constitutional because, while congress can't take action against people's religious beliefs, they can take action against certain religious practices.
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"Dear Mormons, since you insist on practicing polygamy, we're confiscating all church property and revoking voting rights for women in Utah. You can kiss any chance at statehood goodbye, too. Sincerely, the U.S. government."
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LDS church president Wilford Woodruff announces that Mormons should stop performing polygamous marriages.
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After trying in 1849, 1856, 1862, 1867, 1872, 1883, and 1888, Utah finally becomes a state in 1896. You know what they say: the eighth time's the charm.
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Serbia was mean to Austria-Hungary, so Austria-Hungary told Germany. So then Serbia told Russia, who got super mad. Then Germany told Russia to just, like, back off. Then France found out about it and France and Russia were, like, BFFs, so France stepped up and took Russia's side. So then Italy was all like, "I'm taking Germany's side." So then Great Britain was like, "Well, I'm taking Russia's side." And then they all started fighting...
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Germany's secret note to Mexico asking them to help fight the US accidentally gets intercepted by the British. Whoops.
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With the Zimmermann telegram fresh on their minds, the US declares war on Germany.
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The first world war ends when Germany and the Allies come together and sign the Treaty of Versailles, which officially declares that the whole thing was pretty much Germany's fault.
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On "Black Tuesday," the stock market collapses, helping to begin the Great Depression.
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The Depression hits Utah hard. Unemployment is 35.8%, wage level goes down 45%, and annual per capita income goes down by 50%. Many Utahns go into farming and mining, receive aid from federal government programs, or seek help from the LDS church.
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The beehive state brings back booze when Utah casts the last vote needed to ratify the 21st amendment and end Prohibition in the U.S. .
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"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." - FDR
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Lt. Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the famous Enola Gay, selected Wendover Air Force Base as the training ground for the 509th, the group that would eventually drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
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As the allies take Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide. Germany's forces are beaten. Victory for the allies!
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In an effort to force Japan to surrender, the U.S. drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. 80,000 people are killed instantly, while tens of thousands more suffer from injuries, severe burns, and radiation poisoning.
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After years of fighting and two atomic bombs dropped on Japan, the Japanese finally surrender, ending the war. The U.S. is victorious!
