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Show I LOCAL HISTORY WHAT HAPPENED AUGUST 22. 1S47 At a special conference held In Salt Lake valley, the city, which had been commenced by the pioneers, was named Great Salt Lake City; the river Jordan and the mountain streams on the east side of the valley were also named. 185-t Elder Truman Leonard left Kur-rachee, Kur-rachee, India, with a Masonic friend for Kotreo, about one hundred miles Inland. 1S72 General Morrow made a treaty with the Ute Indians at Sprlngvllle. 1SS1 The remains of William S. Berry and George H. GIbbs arrived In Salt Lake City from Tennessee. 18S7 Bedson Eardley. Joseph Blunt, Herman Her-man Grcther, William 71. Watson. Peter S. Barkdull and John Adams were discharged from the penitentiary. peniten-tiary. 18S9 The Mormons who had settled in the Teton Baslnt Idaho, were organized organ-ized as the Aline ward of the Bannock Ban-nock stake: MathonI W. Pratt, bishop. IS91 Jay Gould, the railroad magnate, and party visited Salt Lake City 1892 John L. Dalton. who had been called to open a mission In California, arrived in San Francisco. ISO! Elder Peter C. Greortsen died at Huntsvllle. Utah. Elliott Hudson was. discharged from the penitentiary. 1895 Bishop John Carson died at Fairfield, Fair-field, Utah. 1S99 Mrs. J. A. Jennings commits suicide at Castle Dale. 1900 Woodmen elect officers. Counter-felters'Jplant Counter-felters'Jplant found at Sandy. Northern North-ern Spy sold for ?50.000. 1901 Mrs. Elizabeth Burns, pioneer woman wo-man of handcart company, dead In Richfield. 1902 Colorado drill team wins contest at Saltalr. 1904 Gus Nelson entombed for twelve hours. National Guard leaves for Provo. Shooting of DrugglBt W. S. Vermillion. 1905 J. E. Darmor chosen chairman of tho American party's city committee. Mrs. Isabel Cameron Brown died. Heavy downpour of rain. 1908 Cereal food plant to be established at Trenton, Cache county. |