TIMELINE

700's - 1700's

• (700) Anasazi Indians built pueblos in the area
• (1600) Shoshone Indians now control the area
• (1776) Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Francesco Atanasio Dominguez explored Utah on way to California

1800's

• (1821) Mexico won its independence from Spain, and claimed all of Utah
• (1824) Jim Bridger discovered Salt Lake
• (1841) Capt. John Bartleson led first wagon train of settlers across Utah to California
• (1843) John C. Fremont and Kit Carson explored the Great Basin
• (1844) Ogden settled
• (1847) Brigham Young and Mormon pioneers arrived in Salt Lake Valley
• (1848) U. S. wins Mexican-American War; Treaty of Guadalupe signed; Utah ceded to the U.S.
• (1849) State of Deseret founded
• (1850) Utah becamea U. S. territory
• (1854) Grasshopper plague damaged crops
• (1861) Telegraph service began
• (1863) Silver and lead discovered in Bingham Canyon
• (1873) Polygamy outlawed by Congress
• (1890) Mormon church issued far-reaching Manifesto ending polygamy
• (1896) Utah became 45th state

1900's

• (1906) Copper mining began in Bingham Canyon
• (1914) Auto racing on Bonneville Salt Flats
• (1919) Zion National Park dedicated
• (1942-1945) Japanese-American relocation camp operated near Delta
• (1952) Duchesne Tunnel completed for irrigation; uranium discovered near Moab
• (1964) Flaming Gorge Dam completed; began to generate electricity
• (1985) Salt Lake City won 2002 Winter Olympic bid; Great Salt Lake flooded northern Utah
• (1996) Utah celebrated 100th birthday of statehood
• (1999) Tornado hit Salt Lake City downtown, caused over $100 million dollars of damage

2000's

• (2002) Winter Olympic games held
• (2003) Kidnapped teenager, Elizabeth Smart, found alive in Salt Lake City, abductors arrested
• (2004) Nasa space capsule, Genesis, carrying captured particles blown off Sun, crashed to Earth in Utah desert after parachutes failed to open
• (2007) Gunman opened fire in crowded shopping center in Salt Lake City, killed five
• (2007) Six coal miners trapped in collapse of mine, three rescue workers killed
• (2012) Canadian freestyle skier, Sarah Burke, died in training accident at Park City
• (2012) Mormon Church apologized for posthumously baptising parents of Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal