Description: "Settled 1848 at Salt Lake by Mormons from Illinois, under the leadership of Brigham Young. March, 1849, State of 'Deseret' organized. Congress refused to recieve constitution adopted. Utah Territory organized September, 1850. Federal officers driven from Territory 1856. Troubles with Government till 1858." — Edison
Source: Thomas F. Edison, Edison's Handy Encyclopaedia of General Information and Universal Atlas (Chicago, IL: Laird and Lee, 1898) 497
Map Credit: The Private Collection of Roy Winkelman |
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