| 1847 |
Mormons flee persecution, leave the United States and arrive in what’s now Salt Lake City |
| 1848 |
California Gold Rush begins; Salt Lake City benefits from westbound miners |
| 1850 |
Utah becomes a U.S. Territory |
| 1851 |
Parowan and Cedar City, called the Iron Mission, settled by Mormons from Salt Lake City to develop nearby iron deposits |
| 1851 |
San Bernardino (California) settled by Mormons from Salt Lake City |
| 1852 |
Fort Harmony, the Indian Mission, settled near present day Santa Clara |
| 1854 |
Santa Clara settled |
| 1855 |
Las Vegas (Nevada) settled by the Mormons |
| 1857 |
Virgin settled |
| 1866 |
Abandoned during “Indian Problem” |
| 1857 |
Washington settled |
| 1857 |
Mountain Meadows Massacre occurs |
| 1858 |
Toquerville settled |
| 1859-1862 |
Original Grafton settled (about one mile downstream from present townsite) by folks from Virgin |
| 1862 |
Destroyed by flood |
| 1860-1862 |
Adventure settled (between Grafton and Rockville) |
| 1862 |
Destroyed by flood |
| 1861 |
Abraham Lincoln elected President |
| 1861 |
St. George settled as part of the Cotton Mission |
| 1861 |
U.S. Civil War begins |
| 1861-1862 |
Duncans Retreat and Northup settled |
| 1862 |
Destroyed by flood |
| 1862 |
Shunesburg settled |
| 1866 |
Abandoned during the Indian Troubles |
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Repeatedly damaged by floods, finally abandoned |
| 1862-1866 |
Berryville settled (now Glendale) |
| 1866-1871 |
Abandoned during the Indian Troubles |
| 1871 |
Resettled |
| 1862-1866 |
Grafton settled at present site by settlers flooded out of original Grafton site |
| 1866-1868 |
Abandoned during Indian Troubles |
| 1868-1945 |
Repeatedly damaged by floods, finally abandoned |
| 1862 |
Rockville settled by people flooded out of Adventure, and others |
| 1862 |
Springdale settled by settlers flooded out of Northup, and others |
| 1864-1866 |
Kanab settled |
| 1866-1870 |
Abandoned during Indian Troubles |
| 1870 |
Kanab resettled |
| 1865 |
Lincoln Assassinated; Civil War ends |
| 1879 |
Oak Creek settled (near present-day Zion National Park Human History Museum) |
| 1933 |
Homes and farms bought by National Park Service |
| 1896 |
Utah becomes a U.S. state |
| 1945 |
Last resident moves away from Grafton |
