OCTOBER |
October 1860 |
Joseph
Morris and
his followers settle at Kingston Fort in South Weber, a valley just
south of Ogden. |
| Oct. 2, 2002 |
Kenneth
Holloway
is arrested for sending bogus ransom demands via e-mail to the Smart
family for the return of Elizabeth Smart. Using the screen name “elizabethsmartkidnapper,”
Halloway is caught when the FBI traces his e-mail address to his South
Carolina home. He had sent several electronic mails to both police
and the Smart family. He is charged with interstate extortion and
sending threatening communications across state lines. |
| Oct. 6, 1890 |
The General
Conference of Mormon Church approves church president Wilford
Woodruff’s anti-polygamy statement. Polygamy becomes
officially taboo to Mormons. |
| Oct. 7, 1857 |
Fort Bridger
is burned to the ground by William Hickman
and his brother to prevent the troops of Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnston from wintering there during the
Mormon Wars. |
| Oct. 15, 1891 |
The first refined
sugar from sugar beets is produced at the Utah
Sugar Company refinery in Lehi. This gave birth to Utah’s
sugar beet industry. |
| Oct 15, 1970 |
The Utah
Stars of the ABA plays its opening game against the Denver
Rockets becoming Utah’s first professional basketball franchise.
Unlike the Jazz, the Stars would win a national basketball championship
in May of 1971. |
| Oct. 15, 1985 |
Mark
Hoffman bombs
the Crane Building killing Steve Christiansen
and a private home killing Kathleen Sheets. |
| Oct. 16, 1875 |
Brigham
Young
issues deed of trust to establish the Brigham Young Academy later
B.Y.U. |
| Oct 16, 1985 |
Bomb accidentally
goes off in Mark Hoffman’s
car while he is driving on Main Street, leading to his capture.
|
| Oct. 18, 1953 |
Birthday
of David Brian Mitchell
aka Emmanuel David Isaiah, kidnapper of Elizabeth
Smart. |
| Oct. 18, 1974 |
Moses
Malone
makes debut for the Utah Stars |
| Oct. 23, 1903 |
Brigham Young
Academy officially becomes Brigham Young University. |
| Oct. 25, 1869 |
William
S. Godbe
and other leaders of the Godbeite movement excommunicated foe anti-Brigham
Young remarks published in Utah Magazine. |
| Oct. 26, 1776 |
Father
Dominguez
and Escalante approach the
Colorado River at Lee’s Ferry trying to find a ford for the
massive river. |
| Oct. 26, 1862 |
Fort
Douglas
is established on the east bench of Salt Lake City, marking a permanent
U.S. Army presence in Utah. |
| Oct. 26, 1991 |
Fort
Douglas
is deactivated and most of its lands turned over to the University
of Utah. |
| Oct. 27, 1840 |
Joseph
Smith
marries his first polygamous wife, Zina
Huntington. |
| Oct. 30, 1838 |
The Haun’s
Mill Massacre. Three companies of the Missouri Militia
(about 240 strong) lead by Col. Thomas
Jennings surround the Mormon settlement of Haun’s
Mill. They open fire, killing 18 saints. The massacre prompted Joseph
Smith to move his flock to Nauvoo, Illinois to escape persecution
by the unsympathetic Missourians. |
| Oct. 30, 1896 |
Martha
Hughes Cannon
of Utah becomes first female U. S. senator. She was the fourth wife
in a polygamous family. |
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