utah history By coolgut21 Jul 24, 1847 Brigham young arrives in utah Sep 9, 1850 utah becomes a territory May 10, 1869 golden spike was put in Apr 6, 1877 mormon tempel is built Sep 7, 1881 chess by telphone in ogden utah Jan 4, 1896 utah becomes a state Jan 10, 1902 reed smoot elected Sep 15, 1919 zion park is opened Oct 22, 1929 the day the stock market crashed Apr 20, 1935 harold b lee May 26, 1995 olympics in utah are annouced Feb 25, 2002 winrter olyimpics held in utah