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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 of Utah, most of the present-day state of Nevada save for Southern Nevada (including Las Vegas), much of present-day western Colorado, and the extreme southwest corner of present-day Wyoming.

Territory of Utah

Organized incorporated territory

 

Brigham Young

Alfred Cumming

George W. Emery

Eli Houston Murray

Caleb Walton West

Utah Territorial Assembly

 

1849

September 9 1850

February 28, 1861

March 2, 1861

July 25, 1868

January 4 1896

Coat of arms[edit]

The Utah state coat of arms appears on the state seal and state flag. The beehive was chosen as the emblem for the provisional State of Deseret in 1848 and represents the state's industrious and hard-working inhabitants, and the virtues of thrift and perseverance. The sego lilies on either side symbolize peace.[8][9]

Historic regions of the United States

History of Utah

Territorial evolution of the United States

(1994) article in the Utah History Encyclopedia. The article was written by Leonard J. Arrington and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived from the original on March 21, 2024 and retrieved on April 12, 2024.

"Coins and Currency"

(2017) Unpopular Sovereignty: Mormons and the Federal Management of Early Utah Territory by Brent M. Rogers, University of Nebraska Press.

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Utah in 1851, with the text of the 1850 Act of Congress to Establish the Territory of Utah

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Utah's Role in the Transcontinental Railroad

Archived April 20, 2021, at the Wayback Machine Utah Office of Tourism Official Website

Utah State History

. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Henry Sommer, Watercolors and Pencil Drawings Related to the Utah Expedition

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