Utah History Timeline (rough draft)

•  Pre 1700s, the Navajo arrived in the region, and now occupy large areas in the Southeastern region.
• 1824-1825, during the winter Jim Bridger reached Salt Lake City and thought he found the ocean.
• 1847, settled by Mormon pioneers, led by Bringham Young.
• 1848, The U.S. wins the Mexican War and acquired a large area, including the Utah Region.
• 1849, Mormons establish the State of Deseret.
• 1850, region organized by the Congress of the U.S. and named Utah for the Ute Indian tribe.
• 1850, Compromise of 1850 establishes present state borders (territory).
• 1853, a Ute Chief named Walker attacked Mormon settlements, known as the Walker War. 
• 1858, The Mormon War between Mormons and U.S. Union troops.
• 1860, The Pony Express began. It crossed Utah from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA. It disbanded in 1861.
• 1861, the world's first transcontinental telegraph message was sent across wires that met in Salt Lake City.
• 1862, Congress passed a law outlawing polygamy.
• 1863, Final indian raids defeated by General Patrick E. Connor.
• 1863, Central Pacific Railroad began building eastward from Sacramento, and the Union Pacific built westward, starting in Omaha, NE.
• 1865, Black Hawk Chiefs attacks, called the Black Hawk War.
• 1869, the first transcontinental railroad system in the world was completed at Promontory.
• 1887, A law passed permitted the U.S. Government to seize church property for school use. This was used on Mormons.
• 1890, Wilford Woodruff, church president, advised against polygamy.
• 1896, on January 4th Utah was admitted to the union as the 45th state.
•  1895, adoption of the State Constitution.
• 1904, the church outlawed polygamy.