Utah studies homework By ja10618 Sep 25, 1765 Juan Rivera crosses into present-day Monticllo, Utah. juan Rivera crosses into present-day Monticello, Utah. Sep 26, 1776 Fathers Dominguez Escalante enter Utah Sep 26, 1800 Europeans wore tall felt hats made of beaver fur. Dec 1, 1821 Spanish rule North America ends Sep 26, 1824 Etienne Provost, Jim Bridger and Peer Skene Ogden travel in the Utah Region Sep 26, 1825 The first rendezvus is held on the Green River, Wyoming. Sep 26, 1827 Jedediah Smith blazes a trail from Utah to southern California. Sep 26, 1830 The old Spanish Trail is used for trade. Sep 26, 1833 Joseph Walker stops at the valley of the Great Salt lake. Sep 26, 1840 The trapping era ends