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Period: 5500 BCE to 1000 BCE
Archaic
Cavemen, and baskets, and pots, oh my! -
Period: 1000 BCE to Dec 2, 1300
Anasazi
We've been spending most our lives livin' in a cliff-dweller's paradise. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Utes, Goshutes, Paiutes, Navajo
Native Utahns live in strong societies, hunting and fishing in a rugged desert. -
Oct 13, 1492
Columbus arrives in New World
Funded by the rulers of Spain, Columbus guides three ships to the New World. -
Dominguez and Escalante
Two Spanish priests lead a band of explorers into Utah. -
Mexican War of Independence begins
Father Hidalgo gives the Cry of Dolores -
Mexican War of Independence ends
Spanish and Mexicans sign Treaty of Cordoba, ending the war. -
Hugh Glass mauled by a bear
Mountain man Hugh Glass encounters a grizzly bear which leaves him wounded. -
Mormon church founded
Joseph Smith conducts the official founding of the LDS church in Fayette, New York -
Mormons move to Kirtland
Joseph Smith and the rest of the Mormons settle in Ohio. -
Mormons move to Missouri
Mormon headquarters moves to Missouri. The saints are violently persecuted by their new neighbors. -
Joseph Smith killed
A mob assassinates Joseph Smith at Carthage jail -
Mexican-American war begins
After U.S. soldiers are attacked in Mexico, the U.S. declares war. -
Mormons arrive in Utah
Brigham Young's Vanguard company arrives in the Salt Lake valley. -
Mexican-American war ends
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ends the war. U.S. gains Utah. -
Utah becomes a territory
Congress says no to proposed state of Deseret, but says yes to territory of Utah. -
Walker war begins
James Ivie kills Shower-o-cats, setting off a war with the Utes. -
Walker war ends
Brigham Young and Wakara make peace at Chicken Creek. -
Martin handcart company arrives in Salt Lake
Rescuers bring the Martin handcart company into the valley. -
Utah War
President Buchanan sends an army to escort a new territorial governor to Utah and put down the Mormon "rebellion." -
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Mormons in southern Utah attack and brutally murder the Fancher party, a group of emigrants traveling through Utah. -
Utah gets the telegraph
Dash, dot, dash, dash...dot. -
Transcontinental railroad is completed
The golden spike is driven at Promontory Point, Utah, uniting the country by rail. -
Women In Utah Territory Get Voting Rights
The territorial legislature gives women the vote, and just in time for Valentine's! -
Reynolds v. United States
Polygamist Mormon Reynolds goes to court and argues he has a first amendment right to practice polygamy. But the supreme court rules against him. They say laws against polygamy are constitutional because, while congress can't take action against people's religious beliefs, they can take action against certain religious practices. -
Edmunds-Tucker Act
"Dear Mormons, since you insist on practicing polygamy, we're confiscating all church property and revoking voting rights for women in Utah. You can kiss any chance at statehood goodbye, too. Sincerely, the U.S. government." -
Mormon Manifesto
LDS church president Wilford Woodruff announces that Mormons should stop performing polygamous marriages. -
Utah Becomes a State
After trying in 1849, 1856, 1862, 1867, 1872, 1883, and 1888, Utah finally becomes a state in 1896. You know what they say: the eighth time's the charm. -
WWI Begins
Serbia was mean to Austria-Hungary, so Austria-Hungary told Germany. So then Serbia told Russia, who got super mad. Then Germany told Russia to just, like, back off. Then France found out about it and France and Russia were, like, BFFs, so France stepped up and took Russia's side. So then Italy was all like, "I'm taking Germany's side." So then Great Britain was like, "Well, I'm taking Russia's side." And then they all started fighting... -
Zimmermann Telegram Published
Germany's secret note to Mexico asking them to help fight the US accidentally gets intercepted by the British. Whoops. -
US Enters WWI
With the Zimmermann telegram fresh on their minds, the US declares war on Germany. -
Treaty of Versailles - End of WWI
The first world war ends when Germany and the Allies come together and sign the Treaty of Versailles, which officially declares that the whole thing was pretty much Germany's fault. -
Stock Market Crash of 1929
On "Black Tuesday," the stock market collapses, helping to begin the Great Depression. -
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The Great Depression
The Depression hits Utah hard. Unemployment is 35.8%, wage level goes down 45%, and annual per capita income goes down by 50%. Many Utahns go into farming and mining, receive aid from federal government programs, or seek help from the LDS church. -
Utah Ratifies the 21st Amendment
The beehive state brings back booze when Utah casts the last vote needed to ratify the 21st amendment and end Prohibition in the U.S. . -
Pearl Harbor
"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." - FDR -
The Manhattan Project comes to Wendover
Lt. Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the famous Enola Gay, selected Wendover Air Force Base as the training ground for the 509th, the group that would eventually drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima. -
Germany surrenders
As the allies take Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide. Germany's forces are beaten. Victory for the allies! -
Bombing of Hiroshima
In an effort to force Japan to surrender, the U.S. drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. 80,000 people are killed instantly, while tens of thousands more suffer from injuries, severe burns, and radiation poisoning. -
V-J Day
After years of fighting and two atomic bombs dropped on Japan, the Japanese finally surrender, ending the war. The U.S. is victorious!
