Agriculture Before 1890
1848  Mexico Cedes Land to United States
1860  The Pony Express
1860-1910  Immigrants Come to Utah from All Over the World
1869  The Wedding of the Rails
1888  Agricultural College of Utah Founded as the State's Land-grant Institution
1847  This is the Place! Mormon Pioneers Enter the Great Basin
pre-1890s  Early Farming in Utah
1862  The Homestead Act of 1862
1862  Mining Industry Begins in Utah
Irrigation and the Discovery of Dry Farming