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Utah Territory

See also: Runaway Officials of 1851 and Utah in the American Civil War

In 1850, the Utah Territory was created with the Compromise of 1850, and Fillmore (named after President Fillmore) was designated the capital. In 1856, Salt Lake City replaced Fillmore as the territorial capital.

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    “Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.”
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