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== The Earliest Years == | |||
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. | ||
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For nearly fifty years repeated efforts were made by the citizen of the territory of Utah to be granted statehood, but it was not until Jan 4, 1896 that this ambition was realized. On that date Pres Grove Cleveland signed the proclamation which admitted Utah into he sisterhood of states. The first governor of the state was Heber M Wells. | For nearly fifty years repeated efforts were made by the citizen of the territory of Utah to be granted statehood, but it was not until Jan 4, 1896 that this ambition was realized. On that date Pres Grove Cleveland signed the proclamation which admitted Utah into he sisterhood of states. The first governor of the state was Heber M Wells. | ||
== Additional Information == | == Additional Information == | ||
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 == | == External Links == | ||