Utah Studies Timeline

Important Utah Dates

• 1825 – Jim Bridger Explores Utah• 1847 – Mormon Pioneers Enter Utah• 1896 – Utah Becomes a State• 1903 – Daniel Jackling begins mining copper

Jim Bridger: 1825• Jim Bridger was a trapper who was also

an explorer. • On one of his expeditions he thought he

had finally reached the Pacific Ocean because the water was vast and extremely salty. Later he found out it was just a very salty lake – the Great Salt Lake.

• He opened a trading post – Fort Bridger – in Wyoming. This trading post helped countless pioneers as they traveled west to Utah, California and Oregon. They could rest and get new supplies.

Pioneers Enter the Valley:

July 24, 1847• After a long journey across the United States, Mormon pioneers reached Salt Lake Valley

• Many of Utah’s cities today were founded by the early pioneers to Utah

• A grid system was used to lay out streets – this still sets Utah apart from many other areas

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Utah Becomes a State:

January 4, 1896• After almost fifty years, Utah finally went from being a territory to a state

• Utah tried SEVEN times before finally becoming a state

• Roadblocks to Utah becoming a state included: political, economic, education, and religious differences in opinion

http://www.ldsces.org/inst_manuals/pres-sm/pres-ch-04-06.htm

Daniel Jackling: 1903

• 1903 – He developed the open pit mining method and began mining copper from Bingham Canyon.

• Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Mine has produced more copper than any mine in history - about 18.7 million tons.

• The pit is so large that you can see the pit from space.