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	Utah War - MormonWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Mormons settled Utah beginning in 1847, after mobs murdered the Prophet Joseph Smith and expelled the Mormon Church from Illinois.
		For nearly a decade the Mormons in Utah had relative peace and were free to practice their religion as they saw fit.
		For the next several years, the Federal Government, distracted by the Civil War, largely left the Mormons alone and the Mormon Church was able to continue its growth and missionary work.
	www.mormonwiki.com /mormonism/Utah_War (576 words)

	Utah Army National Guard - HISTORY
		The Utah National Guard was officially organized on 26 March 1894 with its headquarters in Salt Lake City, the capital of the territory of Utah.
		In the years between World War I and World War II new units were added to the Utah National Guard, and in 1926 a permanent training camp, Camp Williams, was created on some 18,700 acres of land south of Salt Lake City which had been withdrawn from the public domain in 1914.
		All of the Utah units, except the 204th Field Artillery, saw action with the 40th Division in the Pacific Theater at campaigns on Luzon, Panay and Negro in the Philippine Islands.
	www.utahguard.com /history.html (2044 words)

	Utah War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Utah War was a 19th century armed conflict between Mormon settlers in Utah Territory and the United States federal government.
		The U.S. troops marching toward Utah were originally led by Gen. William S. Harney, but Harney was forced to return to Kansas to deal with border skirmishes between Missouri and Kansas during the Bleeding Kansas build up to the American Civil War.
		Buchanan appoints Alfred Cumming as governor of Utah.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Utah_War (1567 words)

	Utah Information - Wars
		The war was also seen by many Mormons as divine retribution upon the nation that had allowed the Saints to be driven from their homes, unprotected from the mobs, on several occasions.
		As the war was coming to an end and it was apparent that the Union would be victorious, Young still hoped that the crisis in the East would allow the Saints to achieve statehood, removal of the army from Utah, protection of the Saints' rights, and election of local officials.
		While Utah did not achieve statehood, the withdrawal of the army, or the ability to influence the appointment of federal officials, the LDS Church generally thrived during the Civil War period.
	www.utahtravelcenter.com /stateinformation/wars/civilwar.htm (1425 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		The Utah War, 1857-1858, was a costly, disruptive and unnecessary confrontation between the Mormon people in Utah Territory and the government and army of the United States.
		As for the Mormon community in Utah, the exertions and expenditures associated with the Nauvoo Legion efforts and the Move South taxed both capital and morale.
		The war terminated the Mormon outpost settlements in present day California, Nevada, Wyoming and Idaho, interrupted and weakened the missionary effort in Europe, and dissipated much of the enthusiasm and discipline that had earlier been generated by the Reformation of 1856.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/u/UTAHWAR.html (994 words)

	History of The Balck Hawk War, Utah
		The Black Hawk Indian War was the longest and most destructive conflict between pioneer immigrants and Native Americans in Utah History.
		The young Ute by no means had the support of all of the Indians of Utah, but he succeeded in uniting factions of the Ute, Paiute, and Navajo tribes into a very loose confederacy bent on plundering Mormons throughout the territory.
		These confrontations, however, were quickly (and brutally) put down by federal troops; however, the mounting crusade against polygamy and lingering "Utah War" mentalities made the situation different in Utah.
	www.onlineutah.com /blackhawkhistory.shtml (609 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Wild West \| Utah War: U.S. Government Versus Mormon Settlers
		The incident of 1857-58 known as the Utah Expedition, the Utah War or Buchanan's Blunder was a collision of territorial self-determination against a federal government already faced with insubordination in Kansas and its Southern states.
		Utah's leaders learned of the approaching army from mail carriers, who had picked up word of the big government supply contracts in Independence, Mo. In this vacuum of information, and after 27 years of persecution, the Mormons assumed the worst.
		In southern Utah, Colonel William H. Dame of the Parowan Military District reported on August 23 that he could field 200 men, if necessary, and that all the roads south of Beaver were being guarded.
	www.historynet.com /we/blutahwar2 (1100 words)

	March 15 Utah Anti-War Protest? : Utah IMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Now the Bush war timetable has been pushed back because of the political developments that took the administration by surprise in the last week.
		It was clear from the response of various UN delegates that the Bush administration had been momentarily pushed into a defensive posture, its arguments and rationale for a rush to war exposed.
		The social and political relevance of the reemergence of a global mass movement is altering the political equation.
	utah.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=4079 (757 words)

	Inventory of the Central Utah War Relocation Center (Topaz) Collection at the Utah State Historical Society
		A young resident of Los Angeles at the outbreak of the war, she was relocated with her family to the Heart Mountain relocation camp in Wyoming.
		Her favorite uncle was a participant in the Bataan Death March, and remained a prisoner of war for the duration of the conflict.
		At the outbreak of the war her husband was arrested by the FBI, and Mrs.
	history.utah.gov /FindAids/B00125 (1586 words)

	Utah World War II Stories : Coming to KUED-7 on December 7, 2005
		Utah sent more than 70,000 troops to war; to the jungles of Asia, the mountains of France, the air over Berlin and the waters of the Pacific to battle the forces of tyranny and reclaim freedom.
		Utah World War II Stories was funded in part by major grants from the Stephen G. and Susan E. Denkers Family Foundation, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, the Cleone Peterson Eccles Endowment Fund, and the Willard L. Eccles Charitable Foundation.
		Additional funding was provided by the Stewart Education Foundation, the C. Comstock Clayton Foundation, Kennecott Utah Copper, the University of Utah, and the Utah Humanities Council.
	www.kued.org /productions/worldwar2 (319 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Historians aim to put 1857-58 Utah War in spotlight
		The Utah War Sesquicentennial Committee outlined plans for that at a press briefing Wednesday — which include encouraging publication of several new books, calling for numerous historical papers at upcoming conferences, and offering tours and information for the press designed to ignite general interest.
		He said that before the war, Utah was essentially a theocracy led by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints —; but that would disappear, changing how Mormons and non-Mormons interact in the state and helping attract more non-Mormons to Utah.
		Historian Ardis E. Powell, a committee member, noted that scores of the Civil War's famous generals participated as junior officers in the Utah War or were stationed at Camp Floyd, where the Army settled in Utah to watch the Mormons.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635202903,00.html (623 words)

	Utah War - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		UTAH WAR [Utah War] in U.S. history, conflict between Mormons and the U.S. government.
		In the spring of 1857, President James Buchanan appointed a non-Mormon, Alfred Cumming, as governor of the Utah Territory, replacing Brigham Young, and dispatched troops to enforce the order.
		Utah Gas Prices May Rise to $2 per Gallon in Event of War.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-utahwar.html (300 words)

	State Governors
		Born in Bountiful, Utah, Mabey studied at the University of Utah and served in the Spanish American War and World War I. He was a banker, mayor, and educator.
		As Utah's fifth governor, Mabey was a strong supporter of education.
		Born in Ogden, Utah, Walker served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989.
	historyforkids.utah.gov /homework_help/governors/stategovernors.html (1160 words)

	Utah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Utah's Democrats publicly expressed displeasure with the selection of John Kerry after the election, whom they found to be too friendly to abortion and the labor unions, and too hostile to gay-rights and free trade for their constituents' taste.
		Utah's population is concentrated in two areas, the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, with a population of approximately 2 million; and southwestern Utah, locally known as "Dixie", with nearly 150,000 residents.
		Utah (as of 2000) ranked first in antidepressant and narcotic painkiller use, and was in the top three for prescriptions for thyroid medications, anticonvulsants and anti-rheumatics [10].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Utah (5959 words)

	Fort Douglas Collection
		One was written by the Secretary of War, George H. Dern (a former senator, 1914-1920, and governor, 1925-1933, of Utah), and the other was written by Captain Rogers.
		With the outbreak of the Civil War and the call for volunteer guards of the Overland Mail Route in 1861, Connor volunteered for the guard and was made colonel of the Third California Infantry.
		At the outbreak of World War I new construction was authorized for a prisoner of war camp at the fort.
	www.lib.utah.edu /spc/mss/ms518/ms518.html (1855 words)

	Times & Seasons » The Grand Ol’ Utah War
		Aside, he observed that the Mormons were one of the few groups to have defeated the U.S. Army, in the Utah War.
		The Utah War was the conflict between the Saints and the Feds, and the burning and plundering of army supply lines was almost the whole of that conflict.
		Wars are fundamentally about achieving certain kinds of outcomes, and the massacre was irrelevant to the outcome as far I know.
	www.timesandseasons.org /?p=3281 (6551 words)

	USN Ships--USS Utah (BB-31, AG-16)
		USS Utah, a 21,825-ton Florida class battleship, was built at Camden, New Jersey.
		Utah remained in the Atlantic during World War I and, in September-November 1918, was based in southern Ireland to provide a covering force for Allied convoys as they neared the British Isles.
		In 1941, she was given additional guns to enhance her gunnery training mission, and was active with the U.S. Fleet in the Hawaiian area later in that year.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-u/bb31.htm (541 words)

	BLACK HAWK WAR HISTORY and INDIAN DEPREDATIONS IN UTAH blackhawkwarutah.com
		By the time the Mormon War with the Ute Indian had started in 1865, leaders Chief Black Hawk and Chief Tabiona had became friends of Peter's as he was invited to their camps on numerous occasions.
		The Mormon's War was about who would control the land and who would survive, which became the bloodiest battle in Utah history, and likely, the western United States as thousands died.
		Historians have dubbed it "The secret war of the Mormons." As shocking the Massacre at Mountain Meadows has been to thousands of people, there is nothing to compare with the blood soaked ground, and trail of tears left behind in the aftermath of the Mormon clash with the Native American Ute Indian in Utah.
	www.blackhawkwarutah.com /index.html (2160 words)

	How the Black Hawk War in Utah Started 1865 blackhawkwarutah.com
		The war began because of the Mormons intruding on Native Ute land, it's that simple.
		By the time the Natives declared war there were over 50,000 saints that had come into the valley.
		In the 1800's it was the pretext to do what ever was necessary to remove the Native from their land.
	www.blackhawkwarutah.com /beginsblackhawkwar.htm (1764 words)

	Veterans' Day Commemoration Honors Military Service in World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam : University of Utah ...
		U.S. Army Air Corps: World War II Farnsworth is a veteran of the Eighth Air Force, 384th Bomb Group, and 547th Squadron.
		He survived the war and was awarded the Soldier’s Legion of Merit, Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
		Nelson is a three-war veteran who flew P-51 Mustangs in the European Theater at the end of World War II, B-26 Marauders in Korea where he logged more than 50 bombing missions, and the B-57 Canberra in Vietnam where he flew 113 missions and served as a squadron commander.
	www.unews.utah.edu /p/?r=103006-1 (1732 words)

	Utah Valley \| UVCVB
		Camp Floyd State Park in conjunction with the Utah Civil War Association are hosting a Civil War Encampment on Memorial Day Weekend, May 27 and 29, 2006 at Camp Floyd State Park.
		The troops were sent to Utah to suppress a rumored Mormon rebellion which never took place.
		The army was recalled back east in 1861 for the Civil War emergency.
	www.utahvalley.org /p_calendar_event_detail.asp?eID=1079 (334 words)

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		Returning to Utah, Gardner entered the University of Utah, where he was president of the student body in his senior year, graduating in 1913 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
		Gardner was the grandson of a prominent Utah pioneer, Archibald Gardner, and early on became interested in the history of his family and the state they helped colonize.
		He served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives during 1925- 1926 (concurrently with his father) and the Utah State Senate 1927-1930 (serving as President of the Senate during 1929-1930).
	history.utah.gov /FindAids/B00113/b0113.html (2917 words)

	WW II German Prisoners of War in Utah
		During WWII, over 15,000 prisoners of war were sent to Utah (Allan Kent Powell, "Splinters of a Nation: German Prisoners of War in Utah"), out of the over 425,000 prisoners of war in the United States.
		Josef Hladky, an Austrian, was elected by the POWs to be spokesman for the Ogden compound in 1945.
		Alfred Malinwoski was a soldier in the 45 Regiment of the German Army who died on 27 December 1944, apparently in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
	www.gentracer.com /WWIIGermanPrisonersofWarinUtah.html (906 words)

	What was the Utah War? - Answerbag.com
		During the time that Utah was a territory rather than a state, the Federal government tended to send officials (judges and the like) to Utah who were not only not LDS, but were blatantly anti-mormon.
		The results of this was that the army was allowed to enter Utah, but they had to take up residence in a place that was something like 50 mile from any Mormon settlement, out in the western desert.
		This however was the end of Utah's isolation from the rest of the nation.
	www.answerbag.com /q_view.php/4467 (1089 words)

	Establishing Zion: The Utah War
		Apparently he was unaware of Utah's challenge to the authority of the federal government.
		Behind this policy lay their belief that if war could be avoided until the winter, the church and government might settle the differences between them peacefully.
		When, in September 1857, Young had spoken of possible flight from Utah, he warned that if anyone attempted to protect his property, he would be "sheared down." Having decided that the interests of the church did indeed demand flight or at least a semblance of it, Young carried out his warning.
	www.signaturebookslibrary.org /EstZion/zionch14.htm (7245 words)

	Salt Lake Tribune - Bio fuel home brewers battle big refiners in Utah's grease war
		Blair, who is trying to mediate the escalating grease war, sells biodiesel-brewing equipment from a shop at his home.
		The number of backyard biodiesel refiners is growing in Utah as word spreads about how easy it is to make this alternative fuel from used frying oil that restaurants are glad to give away.
		At least two Utah stations sell 100 percent biodiesel, which can't be used in winter because it becomes too thick in cold temperatures.
	www.utahbiodieselsupply.com /media/sltribune20060611/ci_3924537.htm (1291 words)

	All About the Utah War
		The Presidential Election of 1856 was a contest between James Buchanan of the established Democratic party and John C. Frémont of the newly organized Republican party.
		Because of Harney's unavailability, Col. Edmund Alexander was charged with the first detatchment of troops headed for Utah, only to later rendezvous with and relinquish command to Col. Albert Sidney Johnston.
		It was only days after Col. Johnston took command of the combined U.S. forces that he decided to settle in at the burned out remains of Fort Bridger for the winter.
	www.kevinowens.org /history/utah (697 words)

	Mapping the 'Utah War'
		Though their intent was to ensure the peaceful installation of a new territorial governor, Brigham Young and the Mormons responded as though under attack from enemy forces.
		Explain that students are supposed to locate and label sites having to do with the Utah War as they are discussed in class.
		Have students use their maps to answer questions from the 'Utah War Questions' handout.
	www.uen.org /Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=1094 (352 words)

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