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Lehi City History Timeline

  • 1820

    1820 – Trapper Provost Explores Lehi

    Trapper Provost was one of the first white men to...
  • 1825

    1825 – Utah Lake is Named

    William N. Ashby named Utah Lake, Lake Ashby and built...
  • 1849

    1849 – Captain Stansbury Completes Map of Utah Valley

    Captain Howard Stansbury of the United States Army surveyed and...
  • 1849

    1849 – Hiland Wilcox and Wife Called to Lehi

    Hiland Wilcox and his wife were called to Lehi and...
  • November 1850
  • February 1851

    1851 First Person dies in Lehi Settlement

    February 1851 John Griggs White dies at Sulphur Springs making...
  • February 15, 1851
  • 1853
  • 1854 – 1860
  • 1861-1862
  • 1863-1866
  • 1863
  • 1867—1868
  • 1869-1874
  • 1875-1876
  • 12 February – 19 October 1877
  • 1877-1879
  • 1879-1880
  • 1881
  • 1883-1886
  • 1887-1888
  • 1889-1890
  • 1891-1893
  • 1894-1895
  • 1896-1897
  • 1898-1899
  • 1901-1903
  • 1904-1905
  • 1906-1909
  • 1910-1911
  • 1912-1913
  • 1914-1917
  • 1918-1920
  • May 1920
  • 1920-1921
  • 1922-1927
  • 1928-1931
  • 1934-1935
  • 1936-1937
  • 1938-1939
  • 1940-1943
  • 1944-1945
  • 1946-1947
  • 1948
  • 1948-1950
  • 1950-1953
  • 1954-1957
  • 1958-1965
  • 1966-1969
  • August 5th, 1847

    August 5th, 1847 – Pioneers Explore Utah Valley for the first time

    He reported that the soil was exceptionally well adapted for...
  • December 1847

    December 1847 – Parley P. Pratt Explores Utah Lake

    Parley P. Pratt was the first pioneer to navigate the...
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    July 1776 – Explore Utah County

    Antanasio Dominguez and Silvester Velet de Escalante explored Utah County....
  • July 1850

    July 1850 – Peterson Party Explores Utah Valley

    Peterson Party heads out to explore Utah Valley. The Party...
  • July 1850
  • July 24th, 1847

    July 24th, 1847 – Pioneer Company Enters Valley

    First Pioneer Company (Brigham Young Company) enters Utah.
  • June 27th, 1847

    June 27th, 1847 – Orson Pratt at the Point of the Mountain

    Orson Pratt was the first of the Mormon Pioneers to...
  • Febuary 1851

    Lehi’s First Cemetery­” Pioneer Cemetery” was Founded

    Lehi’s first cemetery­” Pioneer Cemetery” was founded with the burial...
  • November 1850

    November 1850 – Henry Royle Injured while building homes

    Henry Royle, while building the homes, had a tree fall...
  • November 1850

    November 1850 – More Join the Sulphur Springs Settlement

    Charles Hopkins, Israel Evans, and William Fotheringham, and their families...
  • November 1850

    November 1850 – Sulphur Springs is Built for the Winter.

    Sulphur Springs is built for the winter. There are thirteen...
  • November 5, 1850
  • September 10, 1050
  • Spetember 1850

    September 1850 – David Savage parties Set Up Lehi’s First Settlement

    David Savage parties of immigrants proceed to Sulphur Springs and...
  • Winter 1850

    Winter 1850 – Lehi’s first commercial enterprise Initiated

    Lehi’s first commercial enterprise, fishing, is initiated. The women made...