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The History of Utah is an examination of the human history and social activity within the state of Utah located in the western United States. History
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
Utah was the first state to resume executions after the 1972–1976 national moratorium on capital punishment ended with Gregg v. Georgia, when Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in 1977. [203] Utah is one of only two states to have ever carried out executions by firing squad, and the only one to do so after the moratorium ended. [204]
The Utah State Historical Society, founded in 1897, encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history.From its modest beginnings, the Utah Historical Society has grown to several hundred members, developed a research collection of more than a million items, published more than 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly, led the historic preservation movement in Utah for nearly ...
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.
Western 53 miles of the Utah Territory is transferred to the Territory of Nevada, July 14, 1862; Another 53 miles of the Utah Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, May 5, 1866; North-eastern corner of the Utah Territory is incorporated into the new Territory of Wyoming, July 25, 1868; Utah Enabling Act, July 16, 1894
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Utah is the 13th-largest, the 34th-most populous, and the 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,817,222 [ 1 ] people live along the Wasatch Front , centering on Salt Lake City , leaving vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited and making the population the sixth most urbanized in the U.S. [ 2 ...