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Juan Antonio Rivera lead expedition from New Mexico to Moab Utah
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The Domínguez-Escalante lead by Fransisco Atasio Domínguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante sets from Santa Fae New Mexico to Utah.
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An exploring group proved that the Great Salt Lake is not a part of the Pacific Ocean.
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John C. Frémont published his book on his explorations in Utah.
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Brigham Young lead a group of Mormons to Salt Lake Valley.
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Utah became a United States Territory.
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As part of the harsh Handcart Brigade, Three Thousand Mormons migrated to Utah. Only 10% survived.
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Mormon and Native American people kill 120 people in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
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The first transcontinental railroad was finished in Promontory, Utah
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Utah became the 45th State of America when joining the Union
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Strawberry Dam was built which provided irrigation for Utah's deserts
