Utah History By Daniel Tumblin Jul 24, 1847 Brigham Young comes into the Salt Lake Valley The pioneers come to the Salt Lake Valley Sep 9, 1850 Utah Becomes a Territory we finnaly became a territoy May 10, 1869 Trans Continental Rainroad is Completed Mar 28, 1877 John D. Lee Excecuted Feb 16, 1882 Edmunds Tucker act passes Became the first Jewish Mayor of Utah Jan 4, 1896 Utah Becomes a State May 1, 1900 Scofield Mine Disaster Nov 19, 1919 Zions National Park established Oct 13, 1920 Laraine Day was borne Mar 22, 1934 Senator Orrin Hatch was born Jan 3, 1949 J. Bracken Lee made governor Jul 11, 1958 Monument Valley made the first Navajo Tribal Park Sep 12, 1964 Canyonlands Natoinal Park established Mar 11, 1971 Philo T. Farnsworth died Nov 5, 1985 Spencer W. Kimball died Mar 12, 1995 Gordon B. Hinckley became president of the mormon church Feb 8, 2002 The opening of the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City