50
YEAR BEFORE UTAH'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
1847
Session's
Settlement (Bountiful) settled by Mormon pioneer
Perrigoine Sessions, located in Davis County, Utah.
1848
February 2,
Utah became part of the Mexican cession.
1849
March 12, Utah became the State of Deseret.
March
12, Brigham Young appointed governor of Utah (1849-April
1858).
June,
first gold rushers (the forty-niners) arrived in Salt
Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Saly
Lake County established in Utah, seat Salt Lake City.
Sanpete County established in Utah, seat Manti.
Tooele
County established in Utah, seat Tooele.
Utah County established in Utah, seat Provo.
Weber County established in Utah, seat Ogden.
1850
Utah
population, 11,380 residents.
Mountainville(present Alpine city) established in Utah.
American
Fork settled in Utah County by Mormons. At the foot
of the Wasath Mountains on American Fork Creek in Utah.
Coordinates 40°23'N-111°48'W.
Attractions
& Recreation : The Timpanogos Cave
National Monument.
Iron County established in Utah, seat Parowan.
September 9, Utah became a Territory.
October,
Davis County created, smallest county in Utah, named
after Mormon Captain Daniel C. Davis, seat Farmington.
1851
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Permanent Mormon settlers arrived near Willard in Box Elder
County, Utah.
- Brigham, settled near Bear River
Bay. Seat of Box Elder County in Utah. Named for Mormon
leader Brigham Young. Coordinates 41°31'N-112°01'W.
- Cedar City founded, Iron County,
Utah. Coordinates 37°41'N-113°04'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Bryce Canyon National
Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Dixie National Forest,
Zion National Park,
- Davis Fort (later Old Fort),
established near Brigham City in Box Elder County, Utah.
- Millard County established in
Utah, seat Fillmore.
- Jedediah M. Grant appointed mayor
of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1851-1857).
- January 6, Salt Lake City incorporated
in Salt Lake County, Utah.
1852
- Lead discovered in the Lincoln
mine in Beaver County, Utah.
- Juab County established in Utah,
seat Nephi.
- Washington County established
in Utah, seat St. George.
1853
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American Forks in Utah County, incorporated as Lake City,
Utah.
1854
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Summit County established in Utah, seat Coalville.
1855
- January 21, John Moses Browning,
born in Ogden, Utah. Small arms and automatic weapons
designer.
- February 17 - Session's Settlement
renamed Bountiful, and incorporated as town in Davis County,
Utah. Coordinates 40°53'N-111°53'W.
Attractions & Recreation : Bountiful
Peak.
1856
- Beaver County established in
Utah, seat Beaver.
- Box Elder County created, by
the Territorial Legislature, in Utah, county seat Brigham
City. Attractions &
Recreation : Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge,
Great Salt Lake
- Court house construction commenced
in Box Elder County, Utah.
- February 7, Henry McBride, born
in Farmington, Utah. Governor of Washington state (1901-1905)
- April, Mormon pioneers were the
first settlers of Beaver City in Beaver County, Utah.
1857
- Abraham O. Smooth, appointed
mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1857-1866).
- Cache County established in Utah,
seat Logan.
1858
- Lead recovery furnaces built
in Beaver County, Utah.
- Militia organized in Box Elder
County, Utah.
- April, Alfred Cumming appointed
governor of Utah (1858-May 1861).
1859
- Minersville, founded in Beaver
County, Utah.
- April 29, first pioneers settled
in Prince Creek(now Providence) in Cache County, Utah.
- August 11, Heber Manning Wells,
born in Salt Lake City, Utah. First governor of Utah (1896-1905).
1860
- Utah population, 40,273 residents.
- Lake City in Utah County,
Utah, renamed as American Fork to avoid confusion with
Salt Lake City.
1861
- St. George settled
in Washington County, Utah.
APRIL - BEGINNING OF
THE CIVIL WAR
- May, Francis Hall
Wooten appointed acting governor of Utah.
- November 22, Cyrus
Edwin Dallin, born in Springville, Utah. Sculptor, mainly
of American Indians portraits.
- December 7, John
W. Dawson appointed governor of Utah (1861-December
31, 1861).
- December 31, Frank
Fuller appointed acting governor of Utah (1861-1862).
1862
Civil War period
- Morgan County established in
Utah, seat Morgan.
- Wasatch County established in
Utah, seat Heber City.
- Stephen Selwyn Harding appointed
governor of Utah (1862-1863).
- January, Brigham Young appointed
'shadow governor' of Utah (1862-January 1870).
1863
Civil War period
- James Duane Doty appointed governor
of Utah (1863-June 13, 1865).
1864
Civil War period
- Deweyville, first town settled
in Bear River Valley, Box Elder County, Utah.
- Kane County established in Utah,
seat Kanab.
- Rich County established in Utah,
seat Randolph.
1865
- The first verified
silver claim staked in Alta, Utah.
- Plute County established
in Utah, seat Junction.
- Sevier County
established in Utah, seat Richfield.
MAY - ENDING OF THE CIVIL
WAR
- May, Mormon Tabernacle
construction started in Brigham City, Box Elder County,
Utah.
- June 13, Amos
Reed appointed acting governor of Utah.
- Charles Durkee
appointed governor of Utah (1865-December 21, 1869).
1866
- Robert LeRoy Parker(Butch Cassidy),
born in Beaver County, Utah. Famous, notorious outlaw,
bank and train robber.
- Daniel H. Wells appointed mayor
of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1866-1876).
- Scandinavian Momon converts,
assigned to live along the Bear River near Corinne in
Box Elder County, Utah.
1867
- January Brigham incorporated
in Box Elder County, Utah. Coordinates 41°31'N-112°01'W.
- Hay town (later Portage), settled
by Wellsville people in Box Elder County, Utah.
1868
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Cedar City incorporated, Iron County, Utah.
1869
- Plymouth, settled in Box Elder
County, Utah.
- May 10, the first transcontinental
railroad of the nation, came to completion at Promontory
Point, near Brigham City in Box Elder County, Utah.
- December 21, Edwin Higgins appointed
acting governor of Utah (1869-January 1870).
1870
- Utah population, 86,786
residents.
- The Second Judicial
Court for Utah Territory established in Beaver.
- John Wilson Shaffer, appointed
governor of Utah (1870-October 31, 1870).
- Vernon H. Vaughan appointed
acting governor of Utah (1870-January 1871).
- January, Stephen A. Mann
appointed acting governor of Utah.
1871
- Mining districts opened in the
Beaver County area, Utah.
- Paria founded on the Paria River
in Garfield County, the oldest settlement in South Central
Utah.
- Snowville, settled near Deep
Creek by Idahoans in Box Elder County, Utah.
- The Utah and Northern Railroad
built inBox Elder County, Utah.
- January, George A. Black appointed
acting governor of Utah.
- George Lemuel Woods, appointed
governor of Utah (1871-1874).
1872
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November 11, Maude Adams (stage name Maude Kiskadden) born
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1873
- Fort Cameron, established
near Beaver in Utah, because of Native American raids
on settlements.
- Post Office established
in Deweyville, Box Elder County, Utah.
1874
-
Samuel Beach Axtell, appointed governor of Utah (1874-1875).
1875
- Discovery of the Horn Silver
Mine in the San Francisco mountains in Beaver County,
Utah.
- Grouse Creek, settled in Box
Elder County, Utah.
- June, George W. Emery appointed
governor of Utah (1875-1880).
1876
-
Feramorz Little, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt
Lake County, Utah (1876-1882).
1877
-
Emery County in Utah was colonized by settlers of the Sanpete
Valley, under President Brigham Young.
- October 4, Charles Rendell Mabey,
born in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah. Governor of Utah
(1921-1925).
1880
- Utah population, 143,963 residents.
- Eli Houston Murray, appointed
governor of Utah (1880-March 1886).
- Bluff City in Utah, founded by
Mormon pioneers of the 'Hole in the Rock' expedition.
- Emery County established in Utah,
seat Castle Dale.
- First settlers arrived in the
Milford town area in Beaver County, Utah.
- San Juan County established in
Utah, seat Monticello.
- Uintah County established in
Utah, seat Vernal.
- The Utah Central Railroad arrived
in Milford, Beaver County, Utah.
1882
- Garfield County established in
Utah, seat Panguitch.
- William Jennings, appointed mayor
of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1882-1884).
1884
- James Sharp, appointed mayor
of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1884-1886).
- September 11, Harvey Fletcher,
born in Provo, Utah. Physicist (binaural and stereophonic
sound).
1886
- Beaver County created
in Utah.
- Francis Armstrong, appointed
mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County 1886-1890).
- March, Caleb Walton
West appointed governor of Utah (1886-May 1889).
1886
- Beaver County created
in Utah.
- Francis Armstrong, appointed
mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County 1886-1890).
- March, Caleb Walton
West appointed governor of Utah (1886-May 1889).
1888
- Tremonton, settled in the Bear River Valley, Box Elder
County, Utah.
1889
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May, Arthur Lloyd Thomas appointed governor of Utah (1889-1893).
1890
- Utah population, 210,779 residents.
- Bountiful, incorporated as city
in Davis County, Utah.
- Garland, settled in Box Elder
County, Utah.
- Women's suffrage organized in
Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah.
- Grand County established in Utah,
seat Moab.
- George Montgomery Scott, appointed
mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1890-1892).
1892
- Fielding, settled in Box Elder
County, Utah.
- Electric street lights operational
in Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah.
- Wayne County established in Utah,
seat Loa.
- R. N. Baskin, appointed mayor
of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1892-1895).
1893
-
April 14, Caleb Walton West appointed second-term governor
of Utah (1893-January 4, 1896).
1894
-
Carbon County created from a portion of Emery County in
Utah, seat Price.
1896
January
4, Utah UT 45th state admitted
to the Union
Utah
Today
: capital Salt Lake City, nickname 'The Beehive
State'. Area 84,904 sq.mi.(219.901),13th largest state.
Counties 29 :Beaver,
Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Emery,
Garfield, Grant, Iron, Juab, Kane, Piute, Millard, Morgan,
Rich, Salt Lake, Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele,
Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Washington, Wayne, Weber.
Attractions
& Recreation : Anasazi State Park, Antelope
Island State Park, Arches National Park, Ashley National
Forest, Baker Dam Reservoir Campground, Bear Lake State
Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Big Bend Campground,
Big Sandy Reservoir, Big Water Visitor Center, Birch Creek
Campground, Bonneville Salt Flats, Book Cliffs Recreation
Area, Bridge Hollow Campground, Browns Park Recreation
Management Area, Bryce Canyon National Park, Calf Creek
Campground, California National Historic Trail, Cannonville
Visitor Center, Canyon Rims Recreation Area, Canyonlands
National Parks, Capitol Reef National Park, Causey Reservoir,
Cedar Breaks National Monument, Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur
Quarry, Cliff Ridge Hang Gliding Area,
- James Glendinning, appointed
mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1896-1897).
- January 6, Heber Manning
Wells, elected first governor of Utah (1896-January 2,
1905).
1897
- College of Southern Utah established
in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah.
- January 11, Bernard De Voto,
born in Ogden, Utah. Historian, journalist and novelist.
1898
-
John Clark, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake
County, Utah (1898-1899).
1900
- Utah population, 276,749 residents.
- 'The Emery County Progress'
weekly newspaper began publishing in Castle Dale, seat
of Emery County, Utah.
- Ezra Thompson, appointed mayor
of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1900-1903).
1901
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October 25, Armand John Eardley, born in Salt Lake City,
Utah. Geologist, Rocky Mountaines tectonic geology.
1902
-
William Christensen, born in Brigham City, Utah. Choreographer,
dancer and teacher, established with his brothers Harold
and William the San Francisco Ballet Company.
1903
- Tremonton, laid out by farmers
in Box Elder County, Utah.
- November 30, Milford, incorporated
in Beaver County, Utah.
1904
- Annual 'Peach Days' celebration
began in Brigham City, Box Elder County. The oldest continuous
harvest celebration in Utah.
- Richard P. Morris, appointed
mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1904-1905).
- December 25, Harold Christensen,
born in Brigham City, Utah. Dancer (Christense brothers
Lew and William) and teacher, director of the San Francisco
Ballet School.
1905
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January 2, John Christopher Cutler, elected governor of
Utah (1905-January 4, 1909).
- September, homesteading began
in Duchesne County, Utah, on former Uintah Native American
lands (reservation). Native American lands thrown open
to homesteaders under the Dawes Act.
1906
- Philo T. Farnsworth, born near
Beaver City in Beaver County, Utah. Inventor of the first
electronic television.
- Ezra Thompson, appointed mayor
of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1906-1907).
1908
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John S. Bransford, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in
Salt Lake County, Utah (1908-1911).
1909
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January 4, William Spry, elected governor of Utah (1909-January
1, 1917).
- May 6, Lew Christensen, born
in Brigham City, Utah. Choreographer, dancer (Christensen
brothers Harold and William) and teacher.
1910
- Utah population, 373,351 residents.
- Howell, settled in Box Elder
County, Utah.
- First electric street cars in
service in Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah.
1912
- Samuel C. Park, appointed mayor
of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1912-1916).
- January 29, Danish born Herman
Bang, died in Ogden, Utah. Novelist, publication 'Ludvigsbakke'
etc.
1913
- Duchesne County established in
Utah, seat Duchesne.
- January 6, Loretta Young (Gretchen
Young), born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Academy Award winning film actress.
1914
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Duchesne County created in Utah, from part of Wasatch County.
Attractions & Recreation
: Kings Peak.
1916
-
William Montague Ferry, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City
in Salt Lake County, Utah (1916-1919).
1917
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January 1, Simon Bamberger, elected governor of Utah (1917-January
3, 1921).
1918
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Daggett County created in Utah. Home
of the Fremont, Paleo, Shoshoni and Ute Native Americans.
First white settlers were cattle ranchers and the area was
the favorite hideout of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch.
Area 729 sq.mi. (1.888km²). Attractions
& Recreation : Flaming Gorge Reservoir,
1919
-
Daggett County established in Utah, seat Manila.
1920
- Utah population, 449,396 residents.
- Edmund E. Bock, appointed mayor
of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah.
- Charles Clarence Neslen, appointed
mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1920-1928).
1921
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January 3, Charles Rendell Mabey, elected governor of Utah
(1921-January 5, 1925).
1922
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Clearfield, incorporated in Davis County, Utah. Coordinates
41°07'N-112°01'W.
1925
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January 5, George Henry Dern appointed governor of Utah
(1925-January 2, 1933).
1928
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John F. Bowman, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt
Lake County, Utah (1928-1931).
1929
- Manila Ward (later Elwood), established
in Box Elder County, Utah.
- April 21, William Spry, died
in Washington D.C. and buried in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Governor of Utah (1909-1917).
1930
- Utah
population, 507,847 residents.
1931
-
The Utah State Training School, for mentally retarded, established
in American Fork city in Utah County, Utah.
1932
-
Louis Marcus, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt
Lake County, Utah (1932-1935).
1933
- Cedar Breaks National Monument
on the Matkagunt Plateau, established near Cedar City
in Utah.
- January 2, Henry Cooper Blood
appointed governor of Utah (1933-January 6, 1941).
1936
-
E. B. Erwin, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake
County, Utah (1936-1938).
1937
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Capitol Reef National Park, established as a national monument,
located east of Torrey in Utah.
1938
-
John M. Wallace, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt
Lake County, Utah (1938-1940).
1940
- Utah population, 550,310 residents.
- Ab Jenkins, appointed mayor of
Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah ( 1940-1944).
1941
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January 6, Herbert Brown Maw appointed governor of Utah
(1941-January 3, 1949).
1944
-
Earl J. Glade, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt
Lake County, Utah (1944-1956).
1946
50 YEARS
AFTER UTAH'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
UT
1846-1946
DAVIS COUNTY Timeline
6 Topics
1847
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Session's
Settlement (Bountiful) settled by Mormon pioneer Perrigoine
Sessions, located in Davis County, Utah.
1850
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October, Davis
County created, smallest county in Utah, named after Mormon
Captain Daniel C. Davis. Area 630 sq.mi. (1.632km²).
1855
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February 17 - Session's Settlement renamed Bountiful, and
incorporated as town in Davis County, Utah. Coordinates
40°53'N-111°53'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Bountiful Peak.
1877
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October 4, Charles Rendell Mabey, born in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah. Governor of Utah (1921-1925).
1890
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Bountiful, incorporated as city in Davis County, Utah.
1922
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Clearfield, incorporated in Davis County, Utah. Coordinates
41°07'N-112°01'W.
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