Utah History: Difference between revisions

'''1850'''<nowiki>: &nbsp;The Utah Territory was organized to include parts of what are now Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah.</nowiki>  

'''1856-1860'''<nowiki>: &nbsp;Approximately 3,000 immigrants came to Utah with the handcart companies.</nowiki>  

'''1858-1868'''<nowiki>: &nbsp;Another wave of Mormon settlement saw communities established in Utah and what is now southern Idaho, southeastern Nevada, and northern Arizona.</nowiki>  

'''1861'''<nowiki>: &nbsp;The territory of Utah was reduced by the creation of the territories of Nevada and Colorado.</nowiki>  

'''1863'''<nowiki>: &nbsp;Mining began in earnest. Recurrent mineral discoveries brought prospectors to Utah throughout the latter part of the 1800's and into the 20th century. Mining attracted minority communities to Utah.</nowiki>  

'''1865-1867'''<nowiki>: &nbsp;Approximately 100 settlers and an unknown number of American Indians were killed during the Black Hawk Indian War. Attacks were primarily occurred in the Sanpete and Sevier valleys, causing the temporary abandonment of a number of settlements.</nowiki>  

'''1874'''<nowiki>: &nbsp;A second anti-polygamy bill, the Poland Act, was passed, limiting the jurisdiction of probate courts, thus forcing members of the Church to be tried in federal courts including those being tried for polygamy and those seeking divorce.</nowiki>  

'''1862-1887'''<nowiki>: &nbsp;The most far-reaching act, the Edmunds-Tucker Act of 1887, was passed to stop the practice of polygamy. This act had a tremendous impact on the people of Utah and their record-keeping practices. This act:</nowiki>  

'''1942'''<nowiki>: &nbsp;As part of World War II, Topaz concentration camp for relocating Japanese Americans started first large Japanese community in Utah.</nowiki>  

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