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Utah History 1100 to 1896 Timeline |
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The Native Indians of Utah included the Bannock, Goshute, Navaho, Paiute, Shoshoni and Ute tribes. |
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by a Shoshonean. 1150: Southern Paiutes traveled into Southern Nevada, Southwest Utah, Northern Arizona. 1492: Queen Isabella purchased the finest horses for Columbus' trip to the New World, the horses were hi-jacked, replaced with smaller Iberian Sorraias duns were noted to carry primitive markings. 1510: Iberian horses were brought to the Americas. Queen Isabella put an embargo on anymore horses leaving Spain. 1519: Spanish Conquistadors brought more HORSES, to the New World, 15 Spanish horses brought by the Cortez Expedition, others were imported from Spain by later Spanish homesteaders into Mexico and New Mexico. 1598: Utes or Quasuatas "Yutas" visited that Pueblo people according to Fray Geronimo Salmeron journals. 1604: June, Fray Estevan de Perea and Fray Bartolome Romero explored far into the Great Basin province. 1605: Earliest historic reference to Southern Paiutes—An exploratory expedition under Don Juan de Onate. 1605: Early Spanish explorer Don Juan de Onate brought the horse to Utah. The Utes traded with Spanish colonists in new Mexico. 1606: Navajo raiders took mustangs from Spanish colonists. Horse culture pushed onto the Great Plains via Dakota, Comanche and the Pawnee herds and in the Rocky Mountains were the Paiute, Shoshoni, Crow, Blood and Blackfeet. 1621 - 1624: Fray Geronimo Zarate Salmeron made two expeditions to the land of the Yutahs, (Utah). His description of Utah and the Ute Indians, as being of the Quasuatas nation, the name of the high mountains in which they lived. In the interpretation of Quasuatas was corrupted into the phonetic Wasatch. 1625 to 1630: Father Alonso Benavides explored the northern provinces of Utah, he recorded that he had found "A very great treasure of mines, very rich and prosperous in gold and silver, as well as deposits of fine garnets". 1626; Ute-Hopi conflict—began sometime before 1626 with high point during Pueblo Rebellion. 1637: Earliest known Spanish conflict with Utes, under Governor Luis de Rosas 1637: Spanish captured about 80 Utacas; forced to labor workshops in Santa Fe. 1650 to 1660: Fray Posada had served in New Mexico from 1650 to 1660, Posada described Teguayo as being "those lands north of the Rio San Juan and west of the Rocky Mountains", while Quivira was located "east of the Rockies". The trail from Santa Fe passed by a high mountain called "Sierra Blanca" and beyond the Rio San Juan, into the land of the Yutahs. The Yutahs (Utah) live near a great lake of salt and are comprised of several Indian Nations. 1670: First Southern Ute treaty with Spaniards arranged by the 1670s. Spanish expelled for 12 years by the rebellion. 1680: The Pueblo peoples revolted and ousted the Spaniards from the area. Utes may have been involved in the fighting. Ute slaves, servants were freed; Spanish HORSES became available in large numbers. 1692 - An alliance between Southern Paiute, Apache, Coconino and Hopis, to counter Spanish aggression. Alliance made joint attack against Zuni. 1692: Warfare in the area consisted of small groups that would ride into an enemy camp to take HORSES, guns and prisoners. After the raid they would retreat to their homelands. These tactics proved very effective for the Utes, who grew in strength and power throughout the century. 1700 - Southern Ute, Apache, Pueblo Indians and Comanche alliance-Raids upon all groups in Northern N.M. 1716 - Spanish campaign against Southern Utes and Comanche—not very successful. 1730 - Southern Utes continue southern raid through 1730s. 1737 - Spanish campaign against Capote Utes. 1751 - Southern Utes have driven out all Navajos in upper San Juan drainage. 1752 - Don Thomas, Chiquito, Barrigon meet with governor of N.M.—Spanish wish to cultivate Southern Ute trade in deerskins to avoid confrontation of a Chaguaguas, Moache and Capote enemy. 1756-1763: The Seven Years War (French / Indian War) due to disputes over land is won by Great Britain. France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return for Cuba. 1757: Monche Utes enter alliance with Jicarilla Apaches 1760: After 1760s Spanish-Southern Ute relations friendly enough to allow Spanish trading ventures into Ute territory as far North as the Gunnison River. 1769: The horses of New California multiplied astoundingly. Indians, both above and below the Missouri River were horsed. It was the mountains and the deserts to the east, in and out of California, that barred the spread of their horse population eastward. (Maps during this period of time show AZ, UT, CO and NM as part of CA). 1770: Southern Utes and Navajos at war with Hopis. 1775-1783: The American Revolution creates the United States of America. The Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes and total power to legislate any laws governing the American colonies. 1776: Two Spanish priests, Father Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez come from Santa Fe to explore Utah. 1776: July 4, - United States Declaration of Independence 1778 - Spanish prohibit settlers and Christianized Indians from trading with Utes. 1778: July 10, France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with the American revolutionary forces 1783: September 3, The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United States and defeated Great Britain. 1785 and 1797: Traders were brought to trial because the bartered with the Utes. 1812-1815: The War of 1812 between USA, Great Britain, ended in a stalemate but confirmed America's Independence 1800: There were several million wild mustangs in North America, due mostly to the Frays breeding farms in California. 1821: Mexico wins independence from Spain and claims Utah. 1822-1829: William H Ashley exploration and the discovery of a central route to the Pacific sends trappers to northern Utah who answered an advertisement in the St. Louis Gazette and Public Advertiser in the winter of 1822: "Enterprising Young Men...to ascend the Missouri River to its source, there to be employed for one 1 - 3 years." Amongst those to respond were Jim Beckwourth, Tom Fitzpatrick, David Jackson, Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger and Jedediah Smith. 1824: Jim Bridger is the first white man to discover the Great Salt Lake. 1826: Jedediah Smith leads expeditions to California and Nevada 1832: Canadian-Frenchman Antoine Robidoux builds a trading post in the Utah Basin. (A. Robidoux, gg.grandfather of Ron Roubidoux, who is the first person to petition for the Sulphur Mustang's safety). 1841: Capt. John Bartleson leads first wagon train of settlers, across Utah to California. 1843: John C. Fremont and Kit Carson (Christopher "Kit" Carson explored the Great Basin. 1844-1845: Miles Goodyear builds Fort Buenaventura. 1846: First party of Mormon settlers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley lead by Brigham Young. 1848: U.S. wins Mexican War 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo is signed which cedes Utah to the United States. 1853: The Walker War with the Ute Indians begins over slavery among the Indians. 1859: John Brown raided Harpers Ferry and set in motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil War. 1861-1865: The American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known as a opponent of slavery, was elected president and the South Secedes. 1861-1865: The bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the American Civil War. 1865-1868: Ute Black Hawk War last major Indian conflict in Utah 1865 1865: December 6 - The Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially abolishing slavery. 1865: Robert E. Lee surrendered on April 9, signaling the end of the Confederacy 1896: Utah gets Statehood - Utah was admitted to the Union - January 4, Constitution - Utah was the 45th State to be admitted to the Union. State Motto " Industry " 1898-1901: The Spanish American War. December 10, the Treaty of Paris the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines. At the height of the Spanish Empire (17th Century), the Spanish Empire was the largest empire in the world and included the following modern countries and territories: Bahamas, Belize, Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan), Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Tobago and the United States (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming). |
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| http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/american-timelines/44-utah-history-timeline.htm ASHA and 1851 Lost Treasures of Utah http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Spain Dr. Hardy Oelke Journals http://spanishmustangs.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/spanish-mustangs-the-expansion/ Utes - historytogo.utah.gov/people/ethnic...history_of.../chapter5.html Aca-nada http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=ArchivedFeatures&Params=A211 |
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