Utah Territory in 1851

Utah Territory in 1861, after the organization of the Nevada Territory

Utah Territory in 1868

The Utah Territory was an organized territory of the United States that existed between 1850 and 1896. Image File history File links Wpdms_utah_territory_1851_idx. ... Image File history File links Wpdms_utah_territory_1851_idx. ... Image File history File links Wpdms_utah_territory_1861. ... Image File history File links Wpdms_utah_territory_1861. ... Image File history File links Wpdms_utah_territory_1868_idx. ... Image File history File links Wpdms_utah_territory_1868_idx. ... In the history of the United States, an organized territory is a territory for which the United States Congress has enacted an Organic Act. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The place was organized by Act of Congress on September 9, 1850, on the same day that the State of California was admitted to the Union. The creation of the territory was part of the Compromise of 1850 that sought to preserve the balance of power between slave and free states. With the exception of small area around the headwaters of the Colorado River in present-day Colorado, all the land of territory had been acquired in 1848 in the Mexican Cession. Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate Dick Cheney, R, since January 20, 2001 Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R, since January 6, 1999 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups (as of January 4, 2005 elections) Democratic Party Republican Party... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Henry Clay takes the floor of the Old Senate Chamber; Millard Fillmore presides as Calhoun and Webster look on. ... Colorado River in the Grand Canyon from Desert View The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi (2,333 km) long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mexican Cession (red) and the Gadsden Purchase (orange) The Mexico Cession is a historical name for the region of the present day southwestern United States that was ceded to the U.S. by Mexico in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo following the Mexican-American War. ...

The creation of the Utah Territory was partially the result of the petition sent by the Mormon pioneers who had settled in the valley of the Great Salt Lake starting in 1847. The Mormons, under the leadership of Brigham Young, had petitioned Congress for entry into the Union as the State of Deseret, with its capital as Salt Lake City and with proposed borders that encompassed the entire Great Basin and the watershed of the Colorado River, including all or part of nine current U.S. states. The Mormon settlers had drafted a state constitution in 1849 and Deseret had become the de facto government in the Great Basin by the time of the creation of the Utah Territory. This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Salt Lake Valley from space. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was the second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ... The boundaries of the provisional State of Deseret (orange) as proposed in 1849. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... Drainage map showing the Great Basin in orange Various Definitions of the Great Basin (NPS) The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States. ... Colorado River in the Grand Canyon from Desert View The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi (2,333 km) long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Following the organization of the territory, Young was inaugurated as its first governor on February 9, 1851. In the first session of the territorial legislature in October, the legislature adopted all the laws and ordinances previously enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Deseret. February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Mormon governance in the territory was regarded as controversial by much of the rest of the nation, partly fed by continuing lurid newspaper depictions of the polygamy practiced by the settlers, which itself had been part of the cause of their flight across the country to the Great Salt Lake basin after early attempts to found settlements farther east. The term polygamy (many marriages in late Greek) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology and sociology. ... Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. State of Utah, is the fourth largest terminal lake in the world,[1] and the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere. ...

Although the Mormons were the majority in the Great Salt Lake basin, the western area of the territory began to attract many non-Mormon settlers. In 1861, partly as a result of this, the Nevada Territory was created out of the western part of the territory. In the same year, a large portion the eastern area of the territory was reorganized as part of the newly created Colorado Territory. 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Nevada Territory in 1861, with the Utah and New Mexico territories. ... The Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and New Mexico territories in 1860 The Colorado Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States that existed between 1861 and 1876. ...

The arrival of the railroad, simultaneously from California and the east in 1869, was not regarded as especially beneficial by the Mormons who governed the territory. The ceremony of the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit to complete the transcontinental railroad was boycotted by the territory officials, who were wary of the encroachment of the outside world into the basin of the Great Salt Lake. 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Ex-Virginia and Truckee Railroad No. ... Promontory is a location in Box Elder County, Utah, centered approximately at 41°3707N, 112°3251W, with an elevation of 1494 meters (4902 feet) above sea level. ... Poster announcing railroads opening The First Transcontinental Railroad was a transcontinental railroad in North America that was finished in 1869. ...

The controversies stirred by the Mormon religion's dominance of the territory is regarded as the primary reason behind the long delay of 46 years between the organization of the territory and its admission to the Union in 1896 as the State of Utah, long after the admission of territories created after it. In contrast, the Nevada Territory, although more sparsely populated, was admitted to the Union in 1864, only three years after its formation, largely as a consequence of the Union's desire to consolidate its hold on the silver mines in the territory. Colorado was admitted in 1876. 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

See also

• Utah Territorial Statehouse
• Members of the Utah Territorial Legislature
• Utah War
• Historic regions of the United States

The Utah Territorial Statehouse is in Fillmore, Utah, U.S.A, and was built in 1852–1853. ... Combatants United States Mormon settlers Commanders Albert Sidney Johnston Brigham Young John D. Lee Lot Smith Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties Unknown Unknown The Utah War was a 19th century armed conflict between Mormon settlers in Utah Territory and the United States federal government. ... These are historic regions of the United States, meaning regions that were legal entities in the past, or which the average modern American would no longer immediately recognize as a regional description. ...

External links

• Utah in 1851, with the text of the 1850 Act of Congress to Establish the Territory of Utah
• Utah's Role in the Transcontinental Railroad