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== The Earliest Years == | == The Earliest Years == | ||
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 settlers came to the valley. The Utes and the Navajo tribes lived across the area. They were known as the Ancient Puebloan cultures. <ref>[http://www.utahtravelcenter.com/utahhistory.htm Utah Travel Center, History]</ref> | ||
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 | 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 | ||
== Background Information == | == Background Information == | ||