Utah Territory

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Utah Territory was a 19th-century organized incorporated territory of the United States in the American West that encompassed much of the present-day state of Utah and parts of surrounding states before statehood in 1896.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Utah Territory canonical 67
Utah (historically) 1
Utah Territory (initially) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political subdivision ⓘ
organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
admittedAsState Utah ⓘ
admittedToUnionOn 1896-01-04 ⓘ
borderChange Portions ceded to Colorado Territory ⓘ
Portions ceded to Nevada Territory ⓘ
Portions ceded to Wyoming Territory ⓘ
capital Salt Lake City ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Compromise of 1850 ⓘ
currency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
dateDissolved 1896-01-04 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1850-09-09 ⓘ
encompassedPresentDayTerritory Colorado (western parts) ⓘ
linked to: Western Colorado

Idaho (southeastern parts) ⓘ
linked to: southeastern Idaho

Nevada (eastern parts) ⓘ
linked to: eastern Nevada

Utah ⓘ
Wyoming (southwestern parts) ⓘ
executiveHeadTitle Territorial Governor of Utah ⓘ
flagUsed Flag of the United States ⓘ
linked to: United States flag
governmentType territorial government ⓘ
historicalEra American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War

Antebellum period ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
judicialBody Utah Territorial Supreme Court ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalStatus incorporated territory ⓘ
organized territory ⓘ
legislature Utah Territorial Legislature ⓘ
locatedIn American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West

North America ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Euro-American settlers ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
namedAfter Ute people ⓘ
partOf United States federal territory system ⓘ
precededBy Mexican Cession (unorganized U.S. territory) ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities agriculture ⓘ
mining ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
regionType interior West ⓘ
religionHistoricallyAssociated The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
replacedBy State of Utah ⓘ
linked to: Utah
significantEvent Mountain Meadows massacre ⓘ
Utah War ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
transportInfrastructure First transcontinental railroad (after 1869) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nevada–Utah state line → borderOf → Utah Territory ⓘ
Central Pacific Railroad → operatedIn → Utah Territory ⓘ
Mormon pioneers → migratedTo → Utah Territory ⓘ
New Mexico Territory → borderedBy → Utah Territory ⓘ
John W. Gunnison → exploredRegion → Utah Territory ⓘ
Arizona Territory → sharesBorderWith → Utah Territory ⓘ
Edmunds Act → jurisdiction → Utah Territory ⓘ
Edmunds Act → affectedRegion → Utah Territory ⓘ
Golden Spike Ceremony → territoryAtTime → Utah Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: golden spike ceremony
Fillmore, Utah → capitalOf → Utah Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Fillmore
Idaho Territory → borderedBy → Utah Territory ⓘ
Étienne Provost → workLocation → Utah Territory ⓘ
Wyoming Territory → formedFrom → Utah Territory ⓘ
Wyoming Territory → sharesBorderWith → Utah Territory ⓘ
Almon Harris Thompson → workLocation → Utah Territory ⓘ
Jim Bridger → exploredRegion → Utah Territory ⓘ
Ebenezer Bryce → placeOfActivity → Utah Territory ⓘ
Kansas Territory → borderedBy → Utah Territory ⓘ
Nebraska Territory → borderedBy → Utah Territory ⓘ
Nevada Territory → follows → Utah Territory ⓘ
Patrick E. Connor → residence → Utah Territory ⓘ
Biddy Mason → residence → Utah Territory ⓘ
Biddy Mason → movedWithEnslaverTo → Utah Territory ⓘ
Territory of Colorado → precededBy → Utah Territory ⓘ
Territory of Colorado → borderedBy → Utah Territory (initially) ⓘ
linked to: Utah Territory
Hayden Survey party → locationOfWork → Utah Territory ⓘ
Hayden Survey → studiedRegion → Utah Territory ⓘ
American Moses → hasContext → Utah Territory ⓘ
American Moses → region → Utah Territory ⓘ
Augusta Adams Cobb → residence → Utah Territory ⓘ
Utah War → location → Utah Territory ⓘ
Zina D. H. Young → activeIn → Utah Territory ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Bridger (1863) → signedIn → Utah Territory ⓘ
Juab County, Nevada → hasBorderWith → Utah Territory ⓘ
Daniel C. Davis → placeOfActivity → Utah Territory ⓘ
George Q. Cannon → represented → Utah Territory ⓘ
Mary Ann Angell → associatedWith → Utah Territory ⓘ
Mary Ann Angell → residence → Utah Territory ⓘ
Chief Pocatello → region → Utah Territory ⓘ
Edmunds–Tucker Act → locationOfEffect → Utah Territory ⓘ
Utah Commission → appliesToJurisdiction → Utah Territory ⓘ
Utah Commission → locatedIn → Utah Territory ⓘ
present-day Utah → wasPartOf → Utah Territory ⓘ
Utah Territorial Statehouse → namedAfter → Utah Territory ⓘ