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1846 UTAH 1946

Updated March 9, 2010 - 178 TOPICS

 
1846

 50 YEAR BEFORE UTAH'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
1847
  1. Session's Settlement (Bountiful) settled by Mormon pioneer Perrigoine Sessions, located in Davis County, Utah.
1848
  1. February 2, Utah became part of the Mexican cession.
1849
  1. Salt Lake County established in Utah, seat Salt Lake City.
  2. Sanpete County established in Utah, seat Manti.
  3. Tooele County established in Utah, seat Tooele.
  4. Utah County established in Utah, seat Provo.
  5. Weber County established in Utah, seat Ogden.
  6. March 12, Utah became the State of Deseret.
  7. March 12, Brigham Young appointed governor of Utah (1849-April 1858).
  8. June, first gold rushers (the forty-niners) arrived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
1850
  1. Utah population, 11,380 residents.
  2. Mountainville(present Alpine city) established in Utah.
  3. 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.
  4. Iron County established in Utah, seat Parowan.
  5. September 9, Utah became a Territory.
  6. October, Davis County created, smallest county in Utah, named after Mormon Captain Daniel C. Davis, seat Farmington.
1851
  1. Permanent Mormon settlers arrived near Willard in Box Elder County, Utah.

  2. 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.
  3. 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,
  4. Davis Fort (later Old Fort), established near Brigham City in Box Elder County, Utah.
  5. Millard County established in Utah, seat Fillmore.
  6. Jedediah M. Grant appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1851-1857).
  7. January 6, Salt Lake City incorporated in Salt Lake County, Utah.
1852
  1. Lead discovered in the Lincoln mine in Beaver County, Utah.
  2. Juab County established in Utah, seat Nephi.
  3. Washington County established in Utah, seat St. George.
1853
  1. American Forks in Utah County, incorporated as Lake City, Utah.
1854
  1. Summit County established in Utah, seat Coalville.
1855
  1. January 21, John Moses Browning, born in Ogden, Utah. Small arms and automatic weapons designer.
  2. 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
  1. Beaver County established in Utah, seat Beaver.
  2. Box Elder County created, by the Territorial Legislature, in Utah, county seat Brigham City. Attractions & Recreation : Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Great Salt Lake
  3. Court house construction commenced in Box Elder County, Utah.
  4. February 7, Henry McBride, born in Farmington, Utah. Governor of Washington state (1901-1905)
  5. April, Mormon pioneers were the first settlers of Beaver City in Beaver County, Utah.
1857
  1. Abraham O. Smooth, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1857-1866).
  2. Cache County established in Utah, seat Logan.
1858
  1. Lead recovery furnaces built in Beaver County, Utah.
  2. Militia organized in Box Elder County, Utah.
  3. April, Alfred Cumming appointed governor of Utah (1858-May 1861).
1859
  1. Minersville, founded in Beaver County, Utah.
  2. April 29, first pioneers settled in Prince Creek(now Providence) in Cache County, Utah.
  3. August 11, Heber Manning Wells, born in Salt Lake City, Utah. First governor of Utah (1896-1905).
1860
  1. Utah population, 40,273 residents.
  2. Lake City in Utah County, Utah, renamed as American Fork to avoid confusion with Salt Lake City.
1861
  1. St. George settled in Washington County, Utah.
    APRIL - BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR
  2. May, Francis Hall Wooten appointed acting governor of Utah.
  3. November 22, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, born in Springville, Utah. Sculptor, mainly of American Indians portraits.
  4. December 7, John W. Dawson appointed governor of Utah (1861-December 31, 1861).
  5. December 31, Frank Fuller appointed acting governor of Utah (1861-1862).
1862

Civil War period

  1. Morgan County established in Utah, seat Morgan.
  2. Wasatch County established in Utah, seat Heber City.
  3. Stephen Selwyn Harding appointed governor of Utah (1862-1863).
  4. January, Brigham Young appointed 'shadow governor' of Utah (1862-January 1870).
1863

Civil War period

  1. James Duane Doty appointed governor of Utah (1863-June 13, 1865).
1864

Civil War period

  1. Deweyville, first town settled in Bear River Valley, Box Elder County, Utah.
  2. Kane County established in Utah, seat Kanab.
  3. Rich County established in Utah, seat Randolph.
1865
  1. The first verified silver claim staked in Alta, Utah.
  2. Plute County established in Utah, seat Junction.
  3. Sevier County established in Utah, seat Richfield.
  4. Charles Durkee appointed governor of Utah (1865-December 21, 1869).
    MAY - ENDING OF THE CIVIL WAR
  5. May, Mormon Tabernacle construction started in Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah.
  6. June 13, Amos Reed appointed acting governor of Utah.
1866
  1. Robert LeRoy Parker(Butch Cassidy), born in Beaver County, Utah. Famous, notorious outlaw, bank and train robber.
  2. Daniel H. Wells appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1866-1876).
  3. Scandinavian Momon converts, assigned to live along the Bear River near Corinne in Box Elder County, Utah.
1867
  1. Hay town (later Portage), settled by Wellsville people in Box Elder County, Utah.
  2. January, Brigham incorporated in Box Elder County, Utah. Coordinates 41°31'N-112°01'W.
1868
  1. Cedar City incorporated, Iron County, Utah.
1869
  1. Plymouth, settled in Box Elder County, Utah.
  2. May 10, the first transcontinental railroad of the nation, came to completion at Promontory Point, near Brigham City in Box Elder County, Utah.
  3. December 21, Edwin Higgins appointed acting governor of Utah (1869-January 1870).
1870
  1. Utah population, 86,786 residents.
  2. The Second Judicial Court for Utah Territory established in Beaver.
  3. John Wilson Shaffer, appointed governor of Utah (1870-October 31, 1870).
  4. Vernon H. Vaughan appointed acting governor of Utah (1870-January 1871).
  5. January, Stephen A. Mann appointed acting governor of Utah.
1871
  1. Mining districts opened in the Beaver County area, Utah.
  2. Paria founded on the Paria River in Garfield County, the oldest settlement in South Central Utah.
  3. Snowville, settled near Deep Creek by Idahoans in Box Elder County, Utah.
  4. The Utah and Northern Railroad built inBox Elder County, Utah.
  5. George Lemuel Woods, appointed governor of Utah (1871-1874).
  6. January, George A. Black appointed acting governor of Utah.
1872
  1. November 11, Maude Adams (stage name Maude Kiskadden) born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1873
  1. Fort Cameron, established near Beaver in Utah, because of Native American raids on settlements.
  2. Post Office established in Deweyville, Box Elder County, Utah.
1874
  1. Samuel Beach Axtell, appointed governor of Utah (1874-1875).
1875
  1. Discovery of the Horn Silver Mine in the San Francisco mountains in Beaver County, Utah.
  2. Grouse Creek, settled in Box Elder County, Utah.
  3. June, George W. Emery appointed governor of Utah (1875-1880).
1876
  1. Feramorz Little, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1876-1882).
1877
  1. Emery County in Utah was colonized by settlers of the Sanpete Valley, under President Brigham Young.

  2. October 4, Charles Rendell Mabey, born in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah. Governor of Utah (1921-1925).
1878
1879
1880
  1. Utah population, 143,963 residents.
  2. Eli Houston Murray, appointed governor of Utah (1880-March 1886).
  3. Bluff City in Utah, founded by Mormon pioneers of the 'Hole in the Rock' expedition.
  4. Emery County established in Utah, seat Castle Dale.
  5. First settlers arrived in the Milford town area in Beaver County, Utah.
  6. San Juan County established in Utah, seat Monticello.
  7. Uintah County established in Utah, seat Vernal.
  8. The Utah Central Railroad arrived in Milford, Beaver County, Utah.
1881
1882
  1. Garfield County established in Utah, seat Panguitch.
  2. William Jennings, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1882-1884).
1883
1884
  1. James Sharp, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1884-1886).
  2. September 11, Harvey Fletcher, born in Provo, Utah. Physicist (binaural and stereophonic sound).
1885
1886
  1. Beaver County created in Utah.
  2. Francis Armstrong, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County 1886-1890).
  3. March, Caleb Walton West appointed governor of Utah (1886-May 1889).
1887
  
1888
  1. Tremonton, settled in the Bear River Valley, Box Elder County, Utah.
1889
  1. January 10, John Held Jr. born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Cartoonist.
  2. May, Arthur Lloyd Thomas appointed governor of Utah (1889-1893).
1890
  1. Utah population, 210,779 residents.
  2. Bountiful, incorporated as city in Davis County, Utah.
  3. Garland, settled in Box Elder County, Utah.
  4. Women's suffrage organized in Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah.
  5. Grand County established in Utah, seat Moab.
  6. George Montgomery Scott, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1890-1892).
1891
1892
  1. Fielding, settled in Box Elder County, Utah.
  2. Electric street lights operational in Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah.
  3. Wayne County established in Utah, seat Loa.
  4. R. N. Baskin, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1892-1895).
1893
  1. April 14, Caleb Walton West appointed by President Grover Cleveland as second-term governor of Utah (1893-January 4, 1896). Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, was municipal judge in Kentucky. Born on May 25, 1844 in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. Died on January 25, 1909.
1894
  1. Carbon County created from a portion of Emery County in Utah, seat Price.
1895
1896
  1. James Glendinning, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1896-1897).
  2. 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,
  3. January 6, Heber Manning Wells, elected first governor of Utah (1896-January 2, 1905).
1897
  1. College of Southern Utah established in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah.
  2. January 11, Bernard De Voto, born in Ogden, Utah. Historian, journalist and novelist.
1898
  1. John Clark, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1898-1899).
1899
1900
  1. Utah population, 276,749 residents.
  2. 'The Emery County Progress' weekly newspaper began publishing in Castle Dale, seat of Emery County, Utah.
  3. Ezra Thompson, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1900-1903).
1901
  1. October 25, Armand John Eardley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Geologist, Rocky Mountaines tectonic geology.
1902
  1. William Christensen, born in Brigham City, Utah. Choreographer, dancer and teacher, established with his brothers Harold and William the San Francisco Ballet Company.
1903
  1. Tremonton, laid out by farmers in Box Elder County, Utah.
  2. November 30, Milford, incorporated in Beaver County, Utah.
1904
  1. Annual 'Peach Days' celebration began in Brigham City, Box Elder County. The oldest continuous harvest celebration in Utah.
  2. Richard P. Morris, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1904-1905).
  3. 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
  1. January 2, John Christopher Cutler, elected governor of Utah (1905-January 4, 1909).

  2. 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
  1. Philo T. Farnsworth, born near Beaver City in Beaver County, Utah. Inventor of the first electronic television.
  2. Ezra Thompson, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1906-1907).
1907
1908
  1. John S. Bransford, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1908-1911).
1909
  1. January 4, William Spry, elected governor of Utah (1909-January 1, 1917).

  2. May 6, Lew Christensen, born in Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah. Choreographer, dancer and ballet director (Christensen brothers Harold and William). Died on October 9, 1984 in California.
1910
  1. Utah population, 373,351 residents.
  2. Howell, settled in Box Elder County, Utah.
  3. First electric street cars in service in Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah.
1911
1912
  1. Samuel C. Park, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1912-1916).
  2. January 29, Danish born Herman Bang, died in Ogden, Utah. Novelist, publication 'Ludvigsbakke' etc.
1913
  1. Duchesne County established in Utah, seat Duchesne.
  2. January 6, Loretta Young (Gretchen Young), born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Academy Award winning film actress.
1914
  1. Duchesne County created in Utah, from part of Wasatch County. Attractions & Recreation : Kings Peak.
1915
1916
  1. William Montague Ferry, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1916-1919).
1917
  1. January 1, Simon Bamberger, elected governor of Utah (1917-January 3, 1921).
1918
  1. 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
  1. Daggett County established in Utah, seat Manila.
1920
  1. Utah population, 449,396 residents.
  2. Edmund E. Bock, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah.
  3. Charles Clarence Neslen, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1920-1928).
1921
  1. January 3, Charles Rendell Mabey, elected governor of Utah (1921-January 5, 1925).
1922
  1. Clearfield, incorporated in Davis County, Utah. Coordinates 41°07'N-112°01'W.
1923
  1. Hovenweep National Monument established west of Cortez in Montezuma County, Colorado and in southeast Utah. Consists of six groups of prehistoric Puebloan-era village-ruins (period about A.D. 900). The Cutthroat Castle, Goodman Point, Horseshoe&Hackberry Canyon Group, Holly Canyon Group in Colorado and the Cajon Canyon Group and Square Tower Canyon Cluster near Aneth in San Juan County, Utah. Hovenweep means 'deserted valley' in Ute Native American language.
1924
1925
  1. January 5, George Henry Dern appointed governor of Utah (1925-January 2, 1933).
1926
1927
1928
  1. John F. Bowman, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1928-1931).
1929
  1. Manila Ward (later Elwood), established in Box Elder County, Utah.
  2. April 21, William Spry, died in Washington D.C. and buried in Salt Lake City, Utah. Governor of Utah (1909-1917).
1930
  1. Utah population, 507,847 residents.
1931
  1. The Utah State Training School, for mentally retarded, established in American Fork city in Utah County, Utah.
1932
  1. Louis Marcus, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1932-1935).
1933
  1. Cedar Breaks National Monument on the Matkagunt Plateau, established near Cedar City in Utah.
  2. January 2, Henry Cooper Blood appointed governor of Utah (1933-January 6, 1941).
1934
1935
1936
  1. E. B. Erwin, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1936-1938).
1937
  1. Capitol Reef National Park, established as a national monument, located east of Torrey in Utah.
1938
  1. John M. Wallace, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah (1938-1940).
1939
1940
  1. Utah population, 550,310 residents.
  2. Ab Jenkins, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah ( 1940-1944).
1941
  1. January 6, Herbert Brown Maw appointed governor of Utah (1941-January 3, 1949).
1942
1943
1944
  1. 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
  1. Session's Settlement (Bountiful) settled by Mormon pioneer Perrigoine Sessions, located in Davis County, Utah.
1850
  1. October, Davis County created, smallest county in Utah, named after Mormon Captain Daniel C. Davis. Area 630 sq.mi. (1.632km²).
1855
  1. 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
  1. October 4, Charles Rendell Mabey, born in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah. Governor of Utah (1921-1925).
1890
  1. Bountiful, incorporated as city in Davis County, Utah.
1922
  1. Clearfield, incorporated in Davis County, Utah. Coordinates 41°07'N-112°01'W.
UT

1846-1946 SALT LAKE COUNTY Timeline 4 Topics

 
1849
  1. Salt Lake County established in Utah, seat Salt Lake City.
1851
  1. Jedediah M. Grant appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, UT (1851-1857).
1857
  1. Abraham O. Smooth, appointed mayor of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, UT (1857-1866).
1889
  1. January 10, John Held Jr. born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT. Cartoonist.
UT

1846-1946 SAN JUAN COUNTY Timeline 2 Topics

 
San Juan County organized in 1880 in Utah, seat Monticello. Area 7,821 sq.mi. (20.256km²). Cities/Places : Aneth, Blanding, Bluff, Bullfrog, Fry Canyon, Halls Crossing, Hite, Irish Green, La Sal, Lake Powell, Mexican Hat, Montezuma Creek, Monticello, Monument Valley, Natural Bridges, Ticaboo.

2009
1880
  1. San Juan County established in Utah, seat Monticello.
1923
  1. Hovenweep National Monument established west of Cortez in Montezuma County, Colorado and in southeast Utah. Consists of six groups of prehistoric Puebloan-era village-ruins (period about A.D. 900). The Cutthroat Castle, Goodman Point, Horseshoe&Hackberry Canyon Group, Holly Canyon Group in Colorado and the Cajon Canyon Group and Square Tower Canyon Cluster near Aneth in San Juan County, Utah. Hovenweep means 'deserted valley' in Ute Native American language.
SQ.MI.
UTAH STATISTICS - COUNTY (LAND) AREA
2,590
6.708km² - UT Beaver
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