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There is a great deal of controversy concerning when and how the early inhabitants of what is now Utah reached the area but there have been a succession of prehistoric cultural traditions since approximately 12,000 years ago. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Southwestern_Cultural_Divisions Wikipedia: Prehistoric Southwestern Cultural Divisions] | There is a great deal of controversy concerning when and how the early inhabitants of what is now Utah reached the area but there have been a succession of prehistoric cultural traditions since approximately 12,000 years ago. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Southwestern_Cultural_Divisions Wikipedia: Prehistoric Southwestern Cultural Divisions] | ||
Between about 1A.D. to 1300 the Anasazi and Fremont Indians had an agricultural based society known as the Puebloan culture, in what is now southern Utah.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Pueblo_Peoples Wikiepedia:Ancient Pueblo Peoples]</ref> The Ute, Bannock, Gosiute, Paiutes, Shoshone and Navajo tribes lived throughout what is now the State many years before the arrival of explorers, mountain men and pioneer settlers.<ref>[http://history.utah.gov/archaeology/i_love_archaeology/utah%27s_prehistory.html Utah's Prehistory in a Nutshell]</ref> See [[Indians of Utah]] | Between about 1A.D. to 1300 the Anasazi and Fremont Indians had an agricultural based society known as the Puebloan culture, in what is now southern Utah.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Pueblo_Peoples Wikiepedia:Ancient Pueblo Peoples]</ref> The Ute, Bannock, Gosiute, Paiutes, Shoshone and Navajo tribes lived throughout what is now the State many years before the arrival of explorers, mountain men and pioneer settlers.<ref>[http://history.utah.gov/archaeology/i_love_archaeology/utah%27s_prehistory.html Utah's Prehistory in a Nutshell]</ref> See [[Indians of Utah]] | ||
In the 1700s, while the United States was declaring independence from England, Catholic Spanish Explorers and Mexican traders drew journals documenting Utah's terrain, and the native people, as well as many of its plants and animals. In the 1820s, Mountain men like Jedediah Smith, William Ashley and Jim Bridger roamed northern Utah, taking advantage of abundant fur trapping opportunities.<ref>[http://www.utahtravelcenter.com/utahhistory.htm Utah Travel Center, History]</ref> | In the 1700s, while the United States was declaring independence from England, Catholic Spanish Explorers and Mexican traders drew journals documenting Utah's terrain, and the native people, as well as many of its plants and animals. In the 1820s, Mountain men like Jedediah Smith, William Ashley and Jim Bridger roamed northern Utah, taking advantage of abundant fur trapping opportunities.<ref>[http://www.utahtravelcenter.com/utahhistory.htm Utah Travel Center, History]</ref> | ||
== Background Information == | == Background Information == | ||
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As time goes on, the contribution of Utah to the United States in the “winning of the West” is becoming more and more apparent. To the founders of this commonwealth is due the redemption of arid America. They were the Anglo-Saxon pioneers of irrigation, and the parched land, responsive to their untiring efforts, blossomed as the rose and yielded not only the necessities of life but many of its luxuries, such as delicious fruits and lovely flowers. The steady streams of emigration from the Missouri River to Utah were a great inducement in regard to the construction of the transcontinental telegraph line in 1861 and of the transcontinental railroad in 1866-1869. Previously the fastest means of communication was the stage coach or pony express. | As time goes on, the contribution of Utah to the United States in the “winning of the West” is becoming more and more apparent. To the founders of this commonwealth is due the redemption of arid America. They were the Anglo-Saxon pioneers of irrigation, and the parched land, responsive to their untiring efforts, blossomed as the rose and yielded not only the necessities of life but many of its luxuries, such as delicious fruits and lovely flowers. The steady streams of emigration from the Missouri River to Utah were a great inducement in regard to the construction of the transcontinental telegraph line in 1861 and of the transcontinental railroad in 1866-1869. Previously the fastest means of communication was the stage coach or pony express. | ||
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.<ref>Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City, Utah: Printed by Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941.</ref> | 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.<ref>Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City, Utah: Printed by Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941.</ref> | ||
== Additional Information == | == Additional Information == | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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