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  • 502 BCE

    There was a major drought, that pushed the Aztecs southward. Where they created what is now known as New Mexico City.

  • 400 BCE

    The beginning of horticultural societies in the Great Basin

  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus landed on an Island in the Caribbean Sea, discovering what he said, a “NEW WORLD”.

  • 1540

    Spaniards arrived in the Southwest with the army of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

  • Spaniards (re)introduced equines to North America

  • Officials in New Spain authorized and expedition to find an overland route from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Moneterey, Califiornia.

  • Utah Lake and Salt Lake Valleys supported small herds of "Western bison"

  • Period: to

    Fur trade began Utah that drove European exploration and colonization.

  • Mexico gained their independence from Spain

  • Canada's first introduction to Mormonism

  • Joseph Smith led a vanguard group to Independent, Missouri, where he dedicated a temple site

  • The Great Salt Lake City became very well known to trappers and traders.

  • Period: to

    Mormons were expelled by the state, ordered by the governor.

  • The Great Basin received it's name.

  • An exotic group of pioneers began to coalesce in the Great Basin

  • Walker rode into the Great Salt Lake City with hundreds of horses for sale

  • The Saints held a community dinner to celebrate the second anniversary of settlement.

  • First St. Joseph Catholic Church was established