Utah is a state in west USA. Utah formed a part of the Mexican cession of 1848. When the Mormons were driven from Illinois and Missouri they migrated to the present territory of Utah, which was inhabited by the Ute or Utah Indians, whence the name of the territory. Salt Lake City was founded, and the following year, 1849, a convention asked in vain for admission into the Union for the new State of Deseret. A territorial government was organized in 1850, with Brigham Young as Governor. In 1857 Federal troops were sent into the territory to compelobedience. Admission into the Union was again demanded in 1862 and again refused.
The Edmunds Bill, passed in 1882, aimed at the suppression of polygamy and disfranchised all polygamists. The opening of mines attracted many Gentiles into the territory. Utah was finally admitted to the Union in 1896, its entry having been delayed because of the Mormons polygamy. Research Utah
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