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July 1, 2021
Utah’s Road to Statehood: Seven Bids for Statehood
The Latter-day Saints settled the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, and for the next fifty years they and following settlers fought for statehood. It took seven attempts to finally realize that goal. 1849 The Latter-day Saints settled the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Part of the appeal of the land was that it belonged to Mexico. They felt they had
March 3, 2020
New Finding Aids at the Archives: February 2020
Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe them for research. Here are the new ones created during February 2020: Inventory of Council and Planning Commission minutes from Leeds (Utah), 2008-2020 Inventory of Ordinances from Leeds (Utah), 1952-2020 Inventory of Resolutions from Leeds (Utah), 1983-2020 Inventory of Zoning ordinances from Leeds (Utah), 1983; 1998-2020 In addition, the following were
February 5, 2020
New Finding Aids at the Archives: January 2020
Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe them for research. Here are the new ones created during January 2020: Inventory of Ordinances from Centerfield (Utah), 1909-2020 Inventory of Survey record from Heber City (Utah), undated. Inventory of Council minutes from Leeds (Utah), 1953-2007. Inventory of Interment register from Spring City (Utah), 1892-2014 Inventory of Poll tax ledger from
July 27, 2012
Enabling Act for State of Utah Now Online
As part of the records of the 1895 Constitutional Convention, a high-resolution digital copy of the Federal Enabling Act that led to Utah becoming a state is now online in the Utah Digital Archives. In July 1894, the U.S. Congress enacted a law to enable the territory of Utah to be admitted into the Union as a state. The act
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