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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.
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400 BCE
The beginning of horticultural societies in the Great Basin
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1492
Christopher Columbus landed on an Island in the Caribbean Sea, discovering what he said, a “NEW WORLD”.
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1540
Spaniards arrived in the Southwest with the army of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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Spaniards (re)introduced equines to North America
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Officials in New Spain authorized and expedition to find an overland route from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Moneterey, Califiornia.
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Utah Lake and Salt Lake Valleys supported small herds of "Western bison"
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Fur trade began Utah that drove European exploration and colonization.
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Mexico gained their independence from Spain
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Canada's first introduction to Mormonism
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Joseph Smith led a vanguard group to Independent, Missouri, where he dedicated a temple site
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The Great Salt Lake City became very well known to trappers and traders.
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Mormons were expelled by the state, ordered by the governor.
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The Great Basin received it's name.
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An exotic group of pioneers began to coalesce in the Great Basin
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Walker rode into the Great Salt Lake City with hundreds of horses for sale
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The Saints held a community dinner to celebrate the second anniversary of settlement.
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First St. Joseph Catholic Church was established