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Wikipedia Designed to capture contributors and participants in America's expansion westward from the east coast. Including politicians, newsmen, explorers, founding fathers, frontiersmen, mountainmen, railroadmen, lawmen, outlaws, gunfighters, etc. Notable people of the American Old West Artists Frederic Remington - Artist who specialized in the American Old West Explorers Saca...
There were two Wars called the Black Hawk War1. A war fought in 1832 in the Midwestern United States between Sauk and Fox Indians on one side and the United States Army and Illinois militia on the other. See; >References;> . A conflict, 1865-1872, between Mormon settlers and Native American tribes in Utah. See >References;> )>
Wikipedia Utah State University (USU) is a public research university in Logan, Utah. Founded in 1888 as Utah's agricultural college, USU focused on agriculture, domestic arts, and mechanic arts. The university now offers programs in liberal arts, engineering, business, economics, natural resource sciences, as well as nationally ranked elementary & secondary education programs. The university...
Wikipedia Brigham Young University (often referred to as BYU or, colloquially, The Y) is a private research university located in Provo, Utah, United States. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and, excluding online students, is the largest of any religious university and the 3rd largest private university in the United States, with 29,672...
Wikipedia The University of Utah (also referred to as the U, the U of U, or Utah) is a public coeducational space-grant research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. As the state's flagship university, the university offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 92 graduate degree programs. Graduate studies include the S.J. Quinney College of Law and the School of Medi...
The Utah State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. It is a bicameral body, comprising the Utah House of Representatives, with 75 state representatives, and the Utah Senate, with 29 state senators. There are no term limits for either chamber. Links :* "Utah State Legislature"
Utah Governors Since admission to the Union on 4 January 1896, Utah has had 18 governors. For governors prior to statehood, refer to United States Territorial Governors . Heber Manning Wells John Christopher Cutler William Spry Simon Bamberger Charles R. Mabey George Dern
This project is for those buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah. History of the Salt Lake City Cemetery The Salt Lake City Cemetery was one of many cemeteries developed during the rural cemetery movement. This movement used landscaping in a park-like setting, creating America’s first public parks. Salt Lake City’s cemetery is the largest municipally owned cemetery in t...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Salt Lake City or Salt Lake County, Utah. Official City Website Official County Website Salt Lake County occupies the Salt Lake Valley, as well as parts of the surrounding mountains, the Oquirrh Mountains to the west and the Wasatch Range to the east (essentially the entire Jordan River watershed north of the Traverse Mountains). In...
This subportal is part of the State of Utah Portal . Wikipedia Please go to following link for further information: United States with Counties, Areas & Communities Project . Projects on Geni Cities Mantua Orem Provo Salt Lake City Counties Beaver Box Elder
Televisions shows that depicted the Old West that ran approximately 1940-1975. The studio and network (NBC) were set on ending the Vriginian series, as evidenced by rivals CBS and ABC making demographic moves away from rural oriented shows (see "rural purge" for more information). The final episode aired on March 24, 1971 ending its 9-season run. Bonanza ended its 14 season run on January 16, 1...
Mormonism Portal is an index to projects dealing with the history of the Mormon people. Since the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah this portal also lists Utah, mountain west and regional projects of interest.==Mormon Leadership and Early History==* Mormon Leaders Project ==Mormon Pioneers==* Mormon Pioneer Master Project * Mormon Pioneer Compa...
Brigham City Cemetery Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah, USA
Contents: Introduction Finding Aids Church Presidents Quorum of 12 Apostles before 1844 Three Witnesses Eight Witnesses Current Quorum of Twelve Apostles People Mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants Others of Interest Early Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Haun's Mill Victims Introduction: The scope of this project is to complete accurate family...
Wikipedia Utah Valley University, or UVU, is a publicly funded university located in Orem, Utah, United States with a Fall 2016 enrollment of 34,978 students. Utah Valley University is the largest public university in the State of Utah. The university offers approximately 58 bachelor's degrees, 66 associate degrees, 21 certificate/diploma programs, and 8 high-demand master's degrees in educat...
Wikipedia Weber State University is a public university in Ogden, Utah, United States. It is a coeducational, publicly supported university offering professional, liberal arts and technical certificates, as well as associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees. Weber State University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Programs throughout the university are ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Carbon County, Utah. Official Website Carbon County was part of Emery County which was founded in 1880. The demographics along the Price River changed with the construction of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1883 and the development of coal mines, largely in upper Emery, to fuel the railroad. The Utah Territory Legisla...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Weber County, Utah. Official Website The Weber Valley was visited by many trappers seeking beavers and muskrats along its streams. One of the first on record reached the area in 1824, traveling from Fort Bridger. He reported that the Bear River flowed into a salt bay. Peter Skene Ogden passed through in 1826, representing the Hudso...
Aultorest Memorial Park, located in Ogden, Weber County, Utah, was opened March 5, 1929 by James M. Harbertson under the name Mount Ogden Memorial Park . The mortuary was added in July 1933, the Mausoleum in 1935 and the crematory in 1937. Mr. Harbertson changed the name to Aultorest (All-to-rest) in 1938. In 1946, the abandoned Mountain View Cemetery was purchased from John Guthrie Haywood. In...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Washington County, Utah. Official Website The county was created in 1852 and organized in 1856. It was named after the first President of the United States, George Washington. A portion of the Paiute Indian Reservation is in western portion of the county. The earliest settlement was Fort Harmony in 1852. Santa Clara was established...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Provo, Utah. City of Provo Official Website Provo is the county seat of Utah and is located along the Wasatch Front. History Wikipedia The Provo area was originally called Timpanogas, a Numic (Ute) word perhaps meaning "rock river". The area was inhabited by the Timpanogos. It was the largest and most settled area in modern-d...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Utah County, Utah. Official Website The legislature of the State of Deseret created a county on January 31, 1850, to govern the civic affairs of Utah Valley, which by the 1850s was bustling with newly arrived settlers. The county name derived from the valley name, which derived from the Spanish name (Yuta) for the Ute Indians. The ...
Franklin Ship: 708 tons: 163' x 31' x 15' Built 1854 at Rockland, Maine 6. April 1862 From Aalborg to Altona/Hamburg, Arriving 8 April 1862. ". . . For several months, the preparation for this large emigration had been going on in the different conferences throughout Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The emigrating Saints from the Jutland Conferences in Denmark went direct to Hamburg, while mos...