Mormon Migration and the Settlement of Utah (1846–1890)

1. Nauvoo Exodus begins across Mississippi River

   Feb 4, 1846Labels: Nauvoo, Mississippi River, Latter-day Saints

   • HISTORY

2. Mormon Battalion musters near Council Bluffs

   Jul 16, 1846Labels: Mormon Battalion, Council Bluffs, U S

   • Ensign Peak

3. Vanguard company enters Salt Lake Valley

   Jul 24, 1847Labels: Brigham Young, Vanguard Company, Salt Lake

   • HISTORY
   • Britannica

4. State of Deseret constitution adopted

   Mar 6, 1849Labels: State of, Constitution, Great Basin

   • State Deseret
   • BYU RSC

5. Provo River Massacre (Fort Utah)

   Feb 8, 1850Labels: Provo River, Timpanogos, Fort Utah

   • Fort Utah

6. Utah Territory organized by Congress

   Sep 9, 1850Labels: Utah Territory, Utah Organic, United States

   • U S Senate
   • Utah Territory

7. Plural marriage publicly announced in Salt Lake City

   Aug 28, 1852Labels: Plural Marriage, Orson Pratt, Salt Lake

   • LDS Polygamy

8. Handcart migration begins; first company arrives

   Sep 26, 1856Labels: Handcart migration, Emigrant companies, Salt Lake

   • Handcarts

9. Utah War declared; federal expedition mobilized

   Jun 29, 1857Labels: Utah War, President Buchanan, Federal expedition

   • Utah War

10. Mountain Meadows Massacre culminates in killings

    Sep 11, 1857Labels: Mountain Meadows, Baker Fancher, Paiute auxiliaries

    • Britannica
    • MMM

11. Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act signed into law

    Jul 1, 1862Labels: Morrill Anti-Bigamy, Abraham Lincoln, Federal law

    • Morrill Act

12. Transcontinental railroad completed at Promontory Summit

    May 10, 1869Labels: Transcontinental Railroad, Promontory Summit, Union Pacific

    • U S Census
    • HISTORY

13. Utah women enfranchised by territorial law

    Feb 12, 1870Labels: Utah women, Suffrage law, Utah Territory

    • Utah Suffrage
    • U S Senate

14. Reynolds v. United States upholds anti-polygamy law

    Jan 6, 1879Labels: Reynolds v, Supreme Court, Anti-polygamy

    • Reynolds
    • First Amend

15. Edmunds Act imposes tougher anti-polygamy penalties

    Mar 22, 1882Labels: Edmunds Act, Unlawful Cohabitation, Congress

    • Edmunds Act
    • Cornell LII

16. Edmunds–Tucker Act disincorporates LDS Church

    Mar 3, 1887Labels: Edmunds Tucker, LDS Church, Disincorporation

    • Edmunds Tucker

17. Woodruff Manifesto advises end to new plural marriages

    Sep 25, 1890Labels: Woodruff Manifesto, Wilford Woodruff, Plural marriage

    • Woodruff Papers
    • Manifesto