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Thurs. 28 .- Jacob Hamblin, with eleven, men, left the set-' tlement of Santa Clara, in southern Utah, to visit: the Moquis' or Town Indians, on the east side of the Colorado river, This, was the beginning of intercourse with the Indians. on, that side of the Colorado and of the exploration of, the country, which opened the way for colonization, by. the Saints
November .- Notwithstanding President Buchanan's, "Proc- lamation of Pardon," Judge Chas. E. Sinclair, in the Third District Court, urged the prosecution of the leading "Mor -. mons" for alleged treason.
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December. Mon. 13 .- The Utah legislature convened In Great Sait Lake City and adjourned to meet at Fillmore.
Sat. 18 .- The Utah legislature convened at Fillmore, and organized by appointing Wilford Woodruff president of the Councli pro tem, and Aaron Johnson speaker of the house pro tem. It then passed a resolution to adjourn the assembly to Great Sait Lake City.
Mon. 27 .- The Utah legislature convened in Great Salt Lake City and organized by electing Daniel H. Wells, president of the Councli and John Taylor speaker of the House.
1859
January. Wed. 19 .- An act passed by the Utah legislature reorganizing Carson and Green River Counties and attaching St. Mary's and Humboldt Counties to Carson County, was approved. Genoa was made the county scat of Carson and Ft. Bridger of Green River County.
February .- The Deseret Alphabet was first introduced in Utah.
-The 58th quorum of Seventy was organized at Brigham Clty, Box Elder Co., Utah. Some time previously the 56th and 57th quorums had been organized.
Thurs. 3 .- The 59th quorum of Seventy wis organized by Joseph Young at North Willow Creek ( Willard), Box Elder Co., Utah, with George J. Marsh, Thomas V. Brewerton, John M. Mccrary, Richard J. Davis, Elisha Mallory, Mathew W. Daiton and Peter Greenhalgh as presidents.
Fri 11 .- The 60th quorum of Seventy was organized at Ogden, Weber Co., Utah, with Luman A. Shurtliff as senior president.
Fri. 25 .- The 61st quorum of Seventy was organized at Mili Creek, Great Sait Lake Co., with John Scott, James Craigan, Wm. Casto, James P. Park, Andrew J. Rynearson, Dudley J. Merrill and Thurston Larson as presidents.
March .- Plaln City, Weber Co., Utah, was settled by Jeppe G. Foikman, Christopher O. Folkman. Jens Peter Foikman, Joseph Skeen, Danlel Collett, John Spiers, John Carver, Wm. Geddes and others.
Tues. 8 .- Associate Justice John Cradlebaugh, in his charge to the grand jury, composed of "Mormons," at Provo, called them "fools," "dupes." "instruments of a tyrannical church despotism," etc. Provo was occupied by a detachment of U. S. troops.
Tues. 22 .- Howard O. Spencer, a Mormon youth, was as- saulted and brutally beaten on the head by Sergeant Ralph Pike, of the U. S. army, in Rush Valley, Utah.
Sun. 27 .- Gov. Cumming issued a proclamation against the presence of troops In Provo." About this time it was reported that certain U. S. officials had entered Into a conspiracy to secure the arrest of Pres. Brigham Young, and that Col. Johnston had promised the assistance of U. S. troops under his command to effect the arrest. As a consequence Gov. Cum- ming notified General Daniel H. Wells to hold the militia in readiness to prevent the outrage, should it be attempted; 5,000 troops (militia) were placed under arms.
April. Mon. 4 .- The U. S. troops evacuated Provo.
May. Tues. 10 .- Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston promised protection to ali persons who wished to leave the Territory of Utah. .
Thurs. 26 .- James Johnson, a son of Luke S. Johnson, of Shambip County, was shot and mortally wounded by Delos Gibson in Great Salt Lake City. Death ensued the following day. A number of other murders. principally among bad characters who Infested the Territory, took place about the same time.
July. Sun. 10 .- Hon. Horace Greeley, editor of the "New York Tribune," arrived at Great Sait Lake City en route for California.
August. Mon. 1 .- Wm. H. Hooper was elected Utah's sec- ond delegate to Congress, Hon. John M. Bernhlsei having Served in that capacity since the organization of the Territory. Thurs. 11 .- Sergeant Ralph Fike, a U. S. soldler, was shot in Great Salt Lake City, in supposed retallation for having cracked the skuil of Howard O. Spencer with a musket, five months previously.
Sat. 27 .- The first number of the "Mountaineer." a weekly newspaper, was published in Great Salt Lake City; Messrs. Blair, Ferguson & Stout editors and proprietors.
. September. Sun. 4 .- Capt. George Rowley's handcart com- pany, which had left Florence, June 9th, with 235 souls, 60 handcarts, and 6 wagons, arrived in Great Salt Lake City.
Sat. 17 .- Alexander Carpenter was shot and mortally wounded by Thomas H. Ferguson in Great Salt Lake City. Both were non Mormons.
October. Mon. 10 .- Smithfield, Cache Co., was settled by Seth Langton and Robert and John Thornley.
Frl. 28 .- Thos. H. Ferguson, the murderer, was executed in Great Salt Lake City. This was the first execution of a crim- Inal-in Utah.
December .- This year Spring City. San Pete Co., Utah, was resettled under the name of Little Denmark.
1860
March. Thurs. 1 .- Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, commander of the "Utah-Army," left Camp Floyd for Washington, D. C. He had never visited Great Salt Lake City since he passed through with his armny on June 26. 1858. Phillp St. George Cooke, formerly commander of the Mormon Battalion, suc- ceeded Johnston in the command.
April. Sat. 7 .- The first "Pony Express" from the West arrived at Great Salt Lake City, having left Sacramento, Cal., on the evening of April 3rd.
Mon. 9 .- The first "Pony Express" from the East arrived at Great Sait Lake City, having left St. Joseph, Mo., on the even- ing of April 3rd.
-The' Unlon Academy was opened In the building known as the Union Hotel (afterwards Deseret Hospital), with Orson Pratt as principal.
Mav .- A large number of the troops stationed at Camp Floyd. Utah, ieft according to orders, for New Mexico and Arlzona Territorles.
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July. Sun. 22 .- Smithfield, Cache Co., was attacked by In- dians. A fight ensued; John Reed and Ira Merrill and two Indians were killed, and several others wounded on both sides. August. Sun. 12 .- The Indians made an attack upon a mail station at Egan Canyon, (Tooele Co.) and the following day on Sheil Creek Statlon. A company of soldiers came to tlie rescue and killed 17 Indians.
Mon. 27 .- Capt. Daniel Robinson's handcart company (the first of the season), consisting of 233 persons, 43 handcarts, 6 wagons, 38 oxen and 10 tents, arrived in Great Sait Lake City. Pres. Brigham Young had sent out wagons with 2,500 lbs. of flour and 500 ibs. of bacon to help the company.
Thurs. 30 .- Capt. J. E. Murphy's immigrant company, con- sisting of 279 persons, 38 wagons, 164 oxen and 39 cows. ar- rived at Great Salt Lake City, having left Florence June 19th. September. Sat. 1 .- Capt. John Smith's company of imml- grants, consisting of 359 persons and 39 wagons, arrived In Great Salt Lake City.
Mon. 3 .- Capt. Janes D. Ross' company of immigrants, con- station at Egan Canyon, (Tooele Co.) and the following day . left Florence June 17th, arrived in Great Salt Lake City.
Tues. 4 .- A portion of Capt. Franklin Brown's company of immigrants arrived in Great Salt Lake City.
Frl. 14 .- Capt. Brigham H. Young's train of Immigrants arrived in Great Sait Lake City.
Mon, 17 .- Capt. John Taylor's company of immigrating Saints arrived In Great Salt Lake City, having left Florence July 3rd.
Mon. 24 .- The second handcart company of the season, un- der Capt. Oscar O. Stoddard, arrived in Great Salt Lake City, having left Florence July 6th, with 126 persons and 22 hand- carts. These were the last immigrants who crossed the piains with handcarts.
October. Fri. 5 .- Capt. Wm. Budge's train, the last immi- grant company of the season, arrived in Great Salt Lake City, having ieft Fiorence July 20th, with over four hundred persons, 55 wagons, 215 oxen and 77 cows.
1861
February. Wed. 6 .- By order of the commander the mili- tary post of Camp Floyd changed name to Fort Crittenden. Secretary of War John B. Floyd, after whom the camp origi- nally was named, had allied himself with the South against the Union.
March. Sat. 2 .- A bill, providing for the organization of Nevada Territory out of the western portion of Utah, was approved by President James Buchanan.
Aprii .- From the 23rd to the 31st of this month upwards of two hundred Church wagons, with four yoke of cattie to each, carrying 150,000 pounds of flour, left Great Salt Lake Valley for the Missouri river to bring In the poor. They traveled in four companies under Capts. Joseph W. Young, Ira Eidredge, Joseph Horne and John R. Mudock.
May. Fri. 17 .- Gov. Alfred Cumming and wife left Great Salt Lake City, for the States.
July .- The rest of the army at Camp Floyd, or Fort Crit- tenden, was ordered to the States. In consequence of this, government property and outfit at Camp Floyd was sold at extraordinarily low prices. It was estimated that $4,000,000 worth of goods was sold for $100.000.
October. Thurs. 3 .- John W. Dawson was appointed gov- ernor of Utah.
Sun. 6 .- The semi-annual conference of the Church was commenced in Great Salt Lake City. It was continued three days. A number of brethren were called to settle In southern Utah and turn their special attention to the ralsing of cotton.
Frl. 18 .- The overland tciegraph line was completed from the States to Great Sait Lake City. Pres. Brigham Young sent the first telegram, which passed over the line, to J. H. Wade, president of the company.
Thurs. 24 .- The first telegram was sent from Great Salt Lake City to San Francisco by Pres. Brigham Young.
November. Fri. 29 .- Apostles Geo. A. Smith and Erastus Snow, Eider Horace S. Eldredge and others left Great Salt Lake City for southern Utah, with a view to locating settle- ments in the valleys of the Rio Virgen and Santa Clara for the purpose of raising cotton.
December. Wed. 4 .- At a meeting of southern Utah set- tlers who had arrived from the north, it was decided, on mo- tion of Apostle Erastus Snow, to build a city to be called St. George.
1862
January. Thurs. 16 .- Lot Huntington. an outlaw, was killed by O. Porter Rockwell, near Ft. Crittenden, while at- tempting to escape from the officers. On the following day, while trying to effect their escape, John P. Smith and Moroni Clawson, two other outlaws, were killed In Great Salt Lake City.
Thurs, 23 .- The convention of delegates, chosen by the people, adopted a State constitution for Utah and a memorial to Congress, praying the third time for the admission of Utah Into the Union as a State with the name of Deseret. George Q. Cannon and Win. H. Hooper were elected delegates to pre- sent them to Congress.
March. Thurs. 6 .- The Salt Lake Theater, which had been erected the previous season, was dedicated. The buliding is 144 feet long and 80 feet wide.
Aprii. Tues. 8 .- Mr. Morrill of Vermont, introduced a bill in the U. S. House of Representatives, at Washington, D. C., to punish and prevent the practice of bigamy In the Territories of the United States. It was read twice and referred to the committee on Territories. This bill also made it unlawful for any religious or charitable association in any of the U. S. Territories to own real estate worth more than $50.000.
Mon. 28 .- The Indians having destroyed the mail stations between Fort Bridger and North Platte, burned the coaches and mail bags, killed the drivers and stolen the stock, Adju- tant-General L. Thomas, at Washington, D. C., made a call upon Pres. Brigham Young for a company of cavalry to pro- tect the mail route.
May .- Two hundred and sixty-two wagons, 293 men, 2.880
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oxen and 143,315 pounds of flour were sent from Utah to as- sist the poor of the immigration across the plains and moun- tains. They traveled in six-companies under Captains Horton D. Haight, Henry W. Miller, Homer Duncan, Joseph Horne, John R. Murdock and Ansel P. Harmon.
-Col. Patrick Edward Connor was ordered to Utah with California volunteers. In Juiy they took up their line of march,
Thurs. 1-In obedience to the cail of L. Thomas, a company of cavalry, numbering about one hundred men, left Great Salt Lake City for Independence Rock, under Capt. Lot Smith's command.
June. Tues. 3 .- The anti-bigamy bili was passed by the U. S. Senate, considerably amended. The House afterwards concurred in the amendments.
Mon. 9 .- Delegate John M. Bernhisei presented the constitu- tion of the State of Deseret, and the accompanying memorial, in the U. S. House of Representatives. On the 10th the Vice- President presented the same in the Senate.
Thurs. 12 .- An expedition, or marshal's posse, under Robert T. Burton, ieft Great Salt Lake City for the purpose of arrest- ing Joseph Morris and others, encamped on the Weber river, a little below the mouth of the canyon.
Fri. 13 .- The expedition, under Capt. Robert T. Burton, which had been joined by men from the settlements in Davis County, arrived before Morris' Camp, on the Weber; and as the Morrisites refused to surrender, fire was opened on the camp, with fatal effect.
Sun. 15 .- Joseph Morris, John Banks, and others were killed and the Morrisites taken prisoners.
Mon. 16 .- The Morrisites were brought to Great Salt Lake City.
Wed. 18 .- The Morrisite prisoners were on trial in Great Salt Lake City; some of them were fined and others ad- mitted to bail.
July. Tues. 8 .- The anti-bigamy law was approved by President Lincoln.
September. Tues. 9 .- Col. Patrick E. Connor arrived in Great Salt Lake City, his company of volunteers remaining in Ruhy Valley, Nevada.
October. Fri. 17 .- Col. Patrick E. Connor's command of
750 California volunteers arrived at Ft. Crittenden, Cedar Valiey, and on the following day marched to the Jordan river.
Mon. 20 .- Col. Patrick E. Connor arrived in Great Salt Lake City with his command, and on the 22nd he located Camp Douglas, about three miles east of the city.
December. Wed. 10 .- Gov. Harding, who proved to be a bitter enemy to the people of Utah, delivered a very insulting message to the territorial legislature.
1863
January. Thurs, 29 .- Col. Patrick E. Connor, with about two hundred troops, defeated a. band of Shoshone Indians, numbering over four hundred, in a ravine on Beaver creek, near Bear River, 12 miles north of Franklin. About sixteen soldiers and some two hundred and twenty-five Indians were kilied, including the chiefs Bear Hunter and Lehi. The savages were entirely defeated. This is known in history as the battie of Bear river.
March .- The bitter feelings existing between the troops at Camp Douglas and the citizens of Great Salt Lake City came near terminating in a collision.
Tues. 3 .- A large mass-meeting was held in the Taber- nacie, Great Salt Lake City, at which protests were entered against the infamous course pursued by Gov. Harding and Associate Justices Waite and Drake. A petition, asking for their removal, was drawn up, and subsequently was for- warded to President Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D. C.
-A Congressional act creating the territory of Idaho was approved. A portion of northeastern Utah was included in the new territory; later (July 25, 1868) this became a part of Wyoming.
Wed. 4 .- John Taylor, Jeter Ciinton and Orson Pratt, ap- pointed in the mass meeting the day previous, waited on Gov. Harding and Judges Drake and Waite, asking them, in behalf of the people, to resign their official positions, which they refused to do.
Tues. 10 .- Pres. Brigham Young was arrested on a charge of bigamy, under the anti-bigamy law of 1862, brought before Judge Kinney, and placed under $2,000 bonds.
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