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Prehistory. Archaeological evidence dates the earliest habitation of humans in Utah to about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Paleolithic people lived near the Great Basin 's swamps and marshes, which had an abundance of fish, birds, and small game animals. Big game, including bison, mammoths and ground sloths, also were attracted to these water ...
Utah ( / ˈjuːtɑː / YOO-tah, / ˈjuːtɔː / ⓘ YOO-taw; Navajo: Áshįįh Biiʼtó Hahoodzo[citation needed]) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Colorado to its east, Wyoming to its northeast, Idaho to its north, Arizona to its south, and Nevada to its west.
Utah Territory. The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, [2] until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, [3] the 45th state. At its creation, the Territory of Utah included all of the present-day State ...
Mormon pioneers. An engraving published in Le monde in 1874, based on an 1868 drawing of Mormon pioneers by Adrien-Emmanuel Marie. The Handcart Pioneer Monument, by Torleif S. Knaphus, located on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Mormon pioneers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as ...
Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several groups following different leaders; the majority followed Brigham Young, while smaller groups followed ...
Fremont culture. The Fremont culture or Fremont people is a pre-Columbian archaeological culture which received its name from the Fremont River in the U.S. state of Utah, where the culture's sites were discovered by local indigenous peoples like the Navajo and Ute. In Navajo culture, the pictographs are credited to people who lived before the ...
Utah (/ˈjuːtɑː/ YOO-tah, /ˈjuːtɔː/ (listen) YOO-taw) is a state in the Mountain state subregion of the Western United States with a population of 3 million people. Originally populated by the Ancestral Puebloans , Ute , Navajo , and Fremont people, Utah has experienced several waves of immigration over its history, leading to a ...
Timeline of Utah history. Coordinates: 39.3055°N 111.6703°W. This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the U.S. State of Utah and the historical area now occupied by the state. 2000s 1900s 1800s Statehood Territory 1700s 1600s 1500s Before 1492.