Brigham Young had organized a Board of…

February 1850 CE

Brigham Young had organized a Board of Regents to establish a university in the Salt Lake Valley

The University of Utah is established on February 28, 1850, as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, and Orson Spencer is appointed as the first chancellor of the university.

Early classes are held in private homes or wherever space can be found.

The university will close in 1853 due to lack of funds and lack of feeder schools.

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Salt Lake City Salt Lake Utah United States View →

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Brigham Young View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Mormons, or Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints View → Deseret, State of View → Utah, Territory of (U.S.A.) View →

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“Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View →

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