Show sim MS MRS H ON LIST sixty ears ago last lat frid bep 9 rsm 1 0 an imn nae abe area of land in the western part of the united q ates w as declared a territory b ret pet of congress con grese and the ne new territory was as named utah this new territory was as bounded on the north b th the territory of oregon on he east by the rocky mountains ns on the south by the thirty seventh par algell of latitude and on the mea by california which aich was admitted admit teu into the sisterhood of states on the same ame day as the territory of utah was a created the act declared that the territory might be divided into two or more territories in the future b the con congress gresi of the united states had there been no such division utah today would be the largest state in the union for from the original territory there have been carved out the state of nevada neada the larger part of idaho a part of montana a large part of wyoming and the western estern part of colorado the only boundary of L tah that exists today as it did sixt six bears ear ago is 13 the southern the act pro aided that should the territory be admitted as a state it might come into the union with or without slavery it provided for a governor a secretary of state and a chief justice who were to be appointed by the president of the united states it also provided for the various territorial officers the majority of whom i were ere to be elected by the people th the act was signed by millard fillmore as president of the united states and daniel webster as secretary of state k few months after the creation of the territory rits ident fillmore appointed brigham young a governor and daniel 11 wells as chief justice of the territory of utah |