In a letter to the Mountain Democrat in Placerville, CA dated Apr 5, 1860, miners traveling to Virginia City, in then Utah Territory, were unimpressed with Carson Valley. https://t.co/naF3XKwerz "The business of the town appeared to be 'eating, sleeping, drinking, and gambling'."
The General Assembly of the Provisional Mormon State of Deseret, which included most of what is now Nevada, passed a resolution on Mar 28, 1851 to dissolve Deseret and accept the creation of Utah Territory. The transition was to take effect on Apr 5, 1851. https://t.co/3Y1OtgdFi3
@TommyKocherhans @sug_knight@ScottHeffernan I got this. https://t.co/WO2cvT86hf
Pay me back by visiting Territorial Statehouse State Park when you are dry 😉
Harmon's Histories: Lunch with the 13th president in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah - Missoula Current #history#montana#Missoula https://t.co/hQrCEOpwGz
.@bjonesbrown tells the history of women suffrage in #Utah territory, how the federal government took women's right to vote away after 17 years of territorial voting. Utah women were mad! #WomenInHistory