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700: Anasazi Indians built pueblos in the area
1600: Shoshone Indians now control the area
1776: Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Francesco Atanasio Dominguez
explored Utah on way to California
1821: Mexico won its independence from Spain, and claimed all of Utah
1824: Jim Bridger discovered Salt Lake
1841: Capt. John Bartleson led first wagon train of settlers across Utah
to California
1843: John C. Fremont and Kit Carson explored the Great Basin
1844: Ogden settled
1847: Brigham Young and Mormon pioneers arrived in Salt Lake Valley
1848: U. S. wins Mexican-American War; Treaty of Guadalupe signed; Utah
ceded to the U.S.
1849: State of Deseret founded
1850: Utah becamea U. S. territory
1854: Grasshopper plague damaged crops
1861: Telegraph service began
1863: Silver and lead discovered in Bingham Canyon
1873: Polygamy outlawed by Congress
1890: Mormon church issued far-reaching Manifesto ending polygamy
1896: Utah became 45th state
1906: Copper mining began in Bingham Canyon
1914: Auto racing on Bonneville Salt Flats
1919: Zion National Park dedicated
1942-1945: Japanese-American relocation camp operated near Delta
1952: Duchesne Tunnel completed for irrigation; uranium discovered near
Moab
1964: Flaming Gorge Dam completed; began to generate electricity
1985: Salt Lake City won 2002 Winter Olympic bid; Great Salt Lake
flooded northern Utah
1996: Utah celebrated 100th birthday of statehood
1999: Tornado hit Salt Lake City downtown, caused over $100 million
dollars of damage
2002: Winter Olympic games held
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