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1860s (lds)


	C	19th Century
	Cn1	20th Century
	Dp3	1830s
	Dp2	1840s
	Dp1	1850s
	D	1860s
	Dn1	1870s
	Dn2	1880s
	Dn3	1890s
	Y0	1860
	Y1	1861
	Y2	1862
	Y3	1863
	Y4	1864
	Y5	1865
	Y6	1866
	Y7	1867
	Y8	1868
	Y9	1869

1860

August 26 - George Q. Cannon is ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum Of The Twelve Apostles .

1861

October - The transcontinental telegraph is linked to Salt Lake City, Utah . Brigham Young and Abraham Lincoln are among the first to send messages with the new link.

1862

July 8 - President Abraham Lincoln signs the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Law which not only bans plural marriage but limits church and non-profit ownership in the territories to $50,000. The measure has no funds allocated for enforcement, and President Lincoln's opinion is to leave the Mormons alone if they leave him alone.

Patrick E. Connor arrives in Utah with California recruits to represent the federal government as they had been pulled out of Utah due to the American Civil War . He establishes Fort Douglas and encourages his men to find valuable ores so that miners are enticed to settle in Utah to offset the mormon population.

1864

Valuable ores are discovered in Tooele County, Utah , sparking a rush of new, non-mormon immigrants to Utah.

February 4 - Brigham Young, Jr. is ordained an apostle by President Brigham Young . It is not until four years later that he becomes a member of the Quorum Of The Twelve Apostles .

1865

Utah's Black Hawk War , the deadliest conflicts in the territory's history, occurs as the three armies - LDS, Indian, and federal - fight among one another.

1866

July 1 - Joseph F. Smith , son of Hyrum Smith , is ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum Of The Twelve Apostles .

1868

October - Brigham Young, Jr. , already an ordained apostle, is adopted into the Quorum Of The Twelve Apostles .

1869

May 10 , - The First Transcontinental Railroad was completed at Promontory Summit , north of the Great Salt Lake . The railroad brought increasing numbers of non-Mormons into the state, and several influential non-Mormon businessmen would make fortunes in the territory.

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