October 24. The first telegram was sent to San Francisco. In the autumn of this year a large colony of Saints was sent to southern Utah.
1862.—October 24. Camp Douglas, near Salt Lake City, was located by Col. P. E. Connor.
1863.—Col. P. E. Connor defeated a band of the Shoshone Indians near Bear river.
March 3. Great mass meeting held in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, to protest against the infamous course of U.S. officials.
1864.—April 10. Moves were made for building a telegraph line in Utah.
1866.—January 1. The first number of the "Juvenile Instructor" was issued in Salt Lake City.
1867.—The Deseret Telegraph Company was organized.
1868.—June 19.—Ground was broken in Weber Canyon, on the U. P. Railroad.
October 16. Co-operative Mercantile Institution was organized. B. Young, president.
March 8.—U.S. Land Office opened in Salt Lake City.