Show 22-- E THE OGDEN WM" PIONEER DAYS STANDARD-EXAMINE- R wimmii guru ir ii in b i in I Tin i— 1 mi SUNDAY EDITION in n i JULY t MORNING in ny 1941 u Chronology Of Early Utah Shown The following chronology ndl eaten date and order of tho moat Important ©venta affecting the history of northern 'Utah up to tho year 1850: 1540— Captain Garcia Lopez do Cardenaa approached Utah south " of the Colorado 1776— Father Sllvestre Velez do Escalante and Father Francisco Atanaslo Dominguez made tho first comprehensive exploration of Utah 1813— Old Spanish Trail In use between Santa Fe and Utah lake Saw Halt Lake 1824 — Trappers of General William Henry Ashley crossed South Pass and a party under William Sublette wintered in Cache valley Wagers among these trappers led to explorations by young Jim Bridger and his trip down the Bear river in a bull boat to Great Salt lake —thus becoming the first white man positively ' known to have seen the lake 1825 —Ashley explored Green river and first trappers' rendezvous held on Henry's fork of Green river 1826 —Trappers circumnavigated Great Salt lake Jedediah S Smith traversed Utah en route to southern California in first American overland journey church or1S30 — Mormon at Fayette N Y Bufganized falo rendered virtually extinct in Utah by hard winter American Fur company extended - operations to intermountain region rivalry starting bitter with Hudson's Bay and Rocky Mountain Fur companies 1832— First fixed white post established in Utah by Antoine Robidoux in Uintah basin 10-ye- t ii Hi''' See MoreEnjoy More of the Spectacular Intermountain West mi mmm You'll be able to plan more enjoyable trips in the scenic intermountain region with a copy of these handy Utah and Idaho Road Maps and Travel Hints These folders are en- tirely different from the usual road FISHERMEN! A special booklet for you! It is full of suggestions that will help to catch more fish — have more fun! A copy is yours for the brought by the party en route to California John Charles 1843— CaptaIn Fremont explored Great Salt lake Joseph Smith Issued revelation on plural marriage at Nauvoo 111 and Hyrum Smith 1844Joeph 111 Quorat Carthage martyred um of twelve apostles headed by as pre- Brlgham Young accepted Mormon siding authority of the church 1844- - 45— First white post In Utah west of the Wasatch mountains established by Miles GoodOgden year at Harlan-Young and 1846— emigrant parties broke wagon trails across Utah crossed Utah Bartleson-Bldwe- ll ' asking FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE Clean Rest Rooms Approved Credit Cards Honored Courtesy Service Fort Misery trappers) 1840— Bottom fell from fur market 1841— First emigrant wagons howl maps Get your copies ar 1837 — Philip Thompson and William Craig establish Fort Davy Crockett In Browns Hole (Called "Fort Misery" and "the meanest fort in the west" by the 'i 7-S- h tar FOR YOUR ECONOMY 1 ATLAS TIRES BATTERIES ACCESSORIES High quality at low cost We can take care of your needa i promptly and efficiently PEP 88 GASOLINE and VICO MOTOR OIL partners in performance specially refined for intermountain conditions ' n SI r&& A I L J&i A 1 1 Don-ner-Ue- ed 1847 — First Mormon pioneers reached Utah Mormons started lrrlr on and Urigham Young named president of the Mormon church 1848— Ogden founded as Brown's "Fort having been purchased from Miles Goodyear with money paid members of the Mormon battalion Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo ended the war with Mexico and the Utah area came under U S sovereignty 1849 — Colonization began throughout Utah area Constitution adopted for Provisional State of Deseret and Brigham Young named governor Perpetual Emigratlong company organized to aid poor Mormons reach Utah First University 1850 — General assembly of Deseret chartered the University of the State of Deseret first university west of the Missouri river (renamed University of Utah in 1892) Deseret News began publication as first intermountain newspaper Congress created the Territory of Utah to the State of Deseret supersede — Information from "Utah a Guide to the State" m J ' I jf aNi f TJW aJTM - J—" J SERVICE AT THIS SIGN 1 ' UTAH OIL REFINING COMPANY STATIONS l Everywere in Utah and Idaho I Mormons Devised New Alphabet 1 I Mormon pioneers had been in Utah but a short time when their scholars created a new alphabet they taught in their The characters were schools based upon the letters of the English alphabet but a page of writing would appear as Greek to the uninitiated The alphabet had 38 characters which i O 'V ' vK y! 1 i i |