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The world started to come to Salt Lake City in 1869 with the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, north of the city. By 1870 Salt Lake had been linked to it via the Utah Central Rail Road. People began to pour into Salt Lake seeking opportunities in mining and other industries.
Salt Lake City, Utah – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [131] Pop 2010 [132] Pop 2020 [133] % 2000 % ...
Through the negotiations between emissary Thomas L. Kane, Young, Cumming and Johnston, control of Utah territory was peacefully transferred to Cumming, who entered an eerily vacant Salt Lake City in the spring of 1858. By agreement with Young, Johnston established the army at Fort Floyd 40 miles away from Salt Lake City, to the southwest.
The State of Deseret (modern pronunciation / ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ DEZ-ə-RET, [1] contemporaneously / d ɛ s iː r ɛ t / dess-ee-ret, as recorded in the Deseret Alphabet spelling 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻) [2] was a proposed state of the United States, promoted by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who had founded settlements in what is today ...
Ogden, Utah. / 41.22778°N 111.96111°W / 41.22778; -111.96111. Ogden ( / ˈɒɡdən / OG-dən) is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, [ 6] Utah, United States, approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of the Great Salt Lake and 40 miles (64 km) north of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,321 in 2020, according to the US Census ...
Utah. 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 ...
Murray ( / ˈmʌri /) is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray, the city had a population of 50,637 as of the 2020 United States Census. [ 6] Murray shares borders with Taylorsville, Holladay, South Salt Lake, Millcreek and West Jordan, Utah.
In 1873 the Payson independent school District established a high school, the first such institution in Utah south of Salt Lake City. It closed in 1876 after Brigham Young Academy opened in Provo, [21] and a Presbyterian mission school offering education through grade 12 was established under Rev. Wildman Murphy. [22]