Utah History

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Across
  1. 3. Spanish explorer who led an expedition into southern Utah in 1540
  2. 8. Region of Utah initially mistaken for the Pacific Ocean by Jim Bridger
  3. 9. Conflict between Mormon settlers and federal authorities in 1857
  4. 10. Indigenous groups that lived in Utah before European settlers
  5. 11. Group of Native American people who lived in Utah alongside later settlers
  6. 13. Dark chapter in Utah's history involving the Mountain Meadows massacre
  7. 14. Leader of the Mormon pioneers who settled in the Great Salt Lake Valley
Down
  1. 1. Ancestral Puebloans' architectural marvels
  2. 2. American explorer who first sighted the Great Salt Lake in 1824
  3. 4. Indigenous people who settled in Utah around the 18th century
  4. 5. The practice banned by the LDS Church in 1890 to pursue statehood
  5. 6. Location where the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in Utah
  6. 7. Language group spoken by some tribes in Utah
  7. 11. The 45th state of the United States, admitted in 1896
  8. 12. Notable American and Canadian fur trader in Utah's history