Utah Territory
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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.
Establishment
September 1850: In 1850, the US Congress organized the portion of land north of 37° north and west of the Rocky Mountains as Utah Territory. This decision was made as part of the Compromise of 1850, which aimed to address the issue of slavery in newly acquired territories.
December 1850: In 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850, a portion of the territories of Texas was transferred to the Utah Territory.
Chronology
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Was an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the armed forces of the US government.
November 1857: In 1857, Col. Albert Sidney Johnston replaced Col. Alexander as commander at Fort Bridger. Johnston ordered the regiment to stay at Fort Bridger for the winter and postpone the move to Salt Lake City until the following spring.
June 1858: At the end of June 1858, U.S. Army troops under General Johnston entered the Salt Lake Valley unhindered.
August 1858: Brigham Young, a prominent leader in the Mormon Church, was replaced as Governor of Utah Territory in 1858. This marked the end of the theocratic rule in the territory, where the church held significant political power.
October 1859: The Territory of Jefferson was an extralegal and unrecognized United States territory that existed from October 24, 1859.
February 1861: Colorado Territory established on part of the territories of New Mexico and Utah.
March 1861: Nebraska Territory's western border was moved to 27° west from Washington, gaining small portions of Utah Territory and Washington Territory.
March 1861: In 1861, Nevada Territory was organized from Utah Territory west of 39° west from Washington. This was done through the efforts of Abraham Lincoln, who signed the bill into law, and James W. Nye, who became the first Governor of Nevada Territory.
October 1861: The U.S. presidents sets apart Uintah valley, Utah, for various bands of Uintah Uta.
July 1862: The slice of Utah Territory west of 38° west from Washington was transferred to Nevada Territory.
October 1863: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
October 1863: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
May 1864: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
May 1866: The slice of Utah Territory west of 37° west from Washington was transferred to Nevada.
March 1868: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
June 1868: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
July 1868: The U.S. Congress discontinues the Smith River reservation in California and provides for the removal of Indians to Hoope valley and Round valley reservations.
February 1874: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
January 1882: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
January 1896: Utah Territory was admitted as the forty-fifth state, Utah.
Disestablishment
January 1896: Utah Territory was admitted as the forty-fifth state, Utah.
Selected Sources
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 824
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 850
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