Utah Timeline

By efeinstone

  • Brigham Young

    Brigham Young
    Brigham Young and a large party of Mormons leave Illinois and settle in the Salt Lake Valley.

  • First Railroad

    First Railroad
    The first transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory, Utah.

  • The 45th State

    The 45th State
    Utah becomes the 45th state. Utah grants women the right to vote in state and local elections.

  • The Strawberry Dam

    The Strawberry Dam
    The Strawberry Dam is built, providing irrigation for Utah's deserts. (Excact day of completion not found)

  • Fruit

    Fruit
    Second graders from Millville Elementary School decided in 1997 that Utah needed a state fruit so they chose the cherry.

  • Olympics

    Olympics
    Salt Lake City hosts the Winter Olympics.