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Early History of Utah  
Utah 230 to 65 million years ago when many types of dinosaurs lived in the eastern and southern parts of what is now known as Utah. Utah's history dates back to the Mesozoic Era. Everyday fossilized remnants are still being unearthed in the state.


Utah 230 to 65 million years ago when many types of dinosaurs lived in the eastern and southern parts of what is now known as Utah. Utah's history dates back to the Mesozoic Era. Everyday fossilized remnants are still being unearthed in the state.  
Between 1A.D. to 1300 the Anasazi and Fremont Indians had an agricultural lifestyle in southern Utah. Many years before the arrival of explorers, mountain men and pioneer settlers came to the valley. The Utes and the Navajo tribes lived across the area. They were known as the Ancient Puebloan cultures.  


Between 1A.D. to 1300 the Anasazi and Fremont Indians had an agricultural lifestyle in southern Utah. Many years before the arrival of explorers, mountain men and pioneer pettlers came to the valley. The Utes and the Navajo tribes lived across the area. They were known as the Ancient Puebloan cultures. 
In the 1700, the eastern United States were declaring independence from England, Catholic Spanish Explorers and Mexican traders drew journals documenting Utah's terrain, and the native people, as well as plants and animal. Jedediah Smith, William Ashley and Jim Bridger roamed northern Utah, taking advantage of abundant fur trapping opportunities in the 1820s


[http://www.thefurtrapper.com/fremont_indians.htm http://www.thefurtrapper.com/fremont_indians.htm]
== Background Information  ==


In the 1700, the eastern United States were declaring independence from England, Catholic Spanish Explorers and Mexican traders drew journals documenting Utah's terrain, and the native people, as well as plants and animal. Jedediah Smith, William Ashley and Jim Bridger roamed northern Utah, taking advantage of abundant fur trapping opportunities in the 1820s
Utah which ranks as the tenth state in the United States of America as to its size, is located between 37 and 42 degrees north latitude and 109 and 114 degrees west longitude and comprises an area of about 84,000 square miles. The main altitude of the state is 6,100 feet above sea level. Utah is bounded on the north by [[Idaho]] and [[Wyoming]], on the east by [[Colorado]], on the south by [[Arizona]], and on the west by [[Nevada]]. The country is crossed mostly from the north to south by mountains ranges, the principle one being the Wasatch Mountains (with peaks towering from 7,000 to 15,000 feet in height), which might be termed the backbone of the state. This variation in attitude and consequent climate conditions permits the cultivation of a large variety of vegetables and cereals.


Mormons migrated to  Salt  Lake Valley seeking religious freedom in 1847. In May of 1869 the first transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory, Utah. More than 60,000 Mormons had come to the territory by covered wagon or handcart. Utah became the 45th State in the United States on January4, 1896.  
The state leads in the production of silver and copper. Coal, lead and zinc are also mined extensively, and Utah holds second place in the [[United States]] in production of ores of the rare metals uranium and vanadium.  


Utah which ranks as the tenth state in the United States of America as to its size, is located between 37 and 42 degrees north latitude and 109 and 114 degrees west longitude and comprises an area of about 84,000 square miles. The main altitude of the state is 6,100 feet above sea level. Utah is bounded on the north by Idaho and Wyoming, on the east by Colorado, on the south by Arizona, and on the west by Nevada. The country is crossed mostly from the north to south by mountains ranges, the principle one being the Wasatch Mountains (with peaks towering from 7,000 to 15,000 feet in height), which might be termed the backbone of the state. This variation in attitude and consequent climate conditions permits the cultivation of a large variety of vegetables and cereals.<br>
Agriculture and cattle raising are largely carried on, and in the Great Basin area large sections of apparently irreclaimable desert have responded generously to irrigation. In the north central part of the state is the Great Salt Lake—the Dead Sea of America—a body of salt water, 80 miles long by 30 miles wide, remnant of the gigantic Lake Bonneville of the prehistoric days.  


The state leads in the production of silver and copper. Coal, lead and zinc are also mined extensively, and Utah holds second place in the United States in production of ores of the rare metals uranium and vanadium.&nbsp;
== Settlement during the Mid-to-late 1800s  ==


Agriculture and cattle raising are largely carried on, and in the Great Basin area large sections of apparently irreclaimable desert have responded generously to irrigation. In the north central part of the state is the Great Salt Lake—the Dead Sea of America—a body of salt water, 80 miles long by 30 miles wide, remnant of the gigantic Lake Bonneville of the pre-historic days.  
Mormons migrated to Salt Lake Valley seeking religious freedom in 1847. In May of 1869 the first transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory, Utah. More than 60,000 Mormons had come to the territory by covered wagon or handcart. Utah became the 45th State in the United States on January 4, 1896.  


The settlement of Utah by Anglo-Saxons was commenced in July, 1847, when Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, consisting of 143 men, 3 women and 2 children. Behind them at different points for a thousand miles, spanning the distance from the Missouri River, the original company was followed by nine other companies, comprising in all about 2,000 souls. To the barren, alkali-covered desert they came, but to them it was a haven of rest, for their leader, Brigham Young said,&nbsp; This&nbsp;Is&nbsp;The Place, where they should be, as foretold by their prophet, Joseph, become a great and mighty people in the midst of the Rocky Mountains.&nbsp;
The settlement of Utah by Anglo-Saxons was commenced in July, 1847, when Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, consisting of 143 men, 3 women and 2 children. Behind them at different points for a thousand miles, spanning the distance from the Missouri River, the original company was followed by nine other companies, comprising in all about 2,000 souls. To the barren, alkali-covered desert they came, but to them it was a haven of rest, for their leader, Brigham Young said, "This Is The Place," where they should be.  


It is estimated that about 1,800 people spent the winter of 1847-1848 in the Great Salt Lake Valley. Pres Brigham Young and a number of pioneers had returned to Winter Quarters, on the Missouri River, too call together the members of the Church residing temporarily in Iowa and other places in the east and prepare for their migration westward the following year. As these and other converts to Mormonism from the Eastern States and Europe, year by year, gathered with their co-religionists, the population steadily increased and Brigham Young, who was a natural colonizer, called many of the older settlers to locate in the outlying districts and establish settlements to which newcomers might be sent. Thus the area of colonization increased and thirty years after the arrival of the first pioneers of Utah, or at the time of the demise of Pres Brigham Young in 1877, nearly three hundred settlements of saints had been established in the Great Basin and vicinity. In due time other people, not members of the church, located in the various settlements and took part in the development of the country.  
It is estimated that about 1,800 people spent the winter of 1847-1848 in the Great Salt Lake Valley. Pres Brigham Young and a number of pioneers had returned to Winter Quarters, on the Missouri River, too call together the members of the Church residing temporarily in Iowa and other places in the east and prepare for their migration westward the following year. As these and other converts to Mormonism from the Eastern States and Europe, year by year, gathered with their co-religionists, the population steadily increased and Brigham Young, who was a natural colonizer, called many of the older settlers to locate in the outlying districts and establish settlements to which newcomers might be sent. Thus the area of colonization increased and thirty years after the arrival of the first pioneers of Utah, or at the time of the demise of Pres Brigham Young in 1877, nearly three hundred settlements of saints had been established in the Great Basin and vicinity. In due time other people, not members of the church, located in the various settlements and took part in the development of the country.  
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Additional history of Utah and the early Mormon settlers there can be found in: Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 902.  
Additional history of Utah and the early Mormon settlers there can be found in: Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 902.  
== External Links  ==
*[http://www.thefurtrapper.com FurTrapper.com]
*[http://www.thefurtrapper.com/fremont_indians.htm Fremont Indians]


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