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Brigham Young and a large party of Mormons leave Illinois and settle in the Salt Lake Valley.
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The first transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory, Utah.
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Utah becomes the 45th state. Utah grants women the right to vote in state and local elections.
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The Strawberry Dam is built, providing irrigation for Utah's deserts. (Excact day of completion not found)
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Second graders from Millville Elementary School decided in 1997 that Utah needed a state fruit so they chose the cherry.
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Salt Lake City hosts the Winter Olympics.
