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=====Land Transfer Events to Statehood (1896)=====

1848    Treaty with Mexico transfers lands North of the Gila
        River (Ariz.) to the U.S. consisting of California, Nevada, Utah,
        Western Colorado and New Mexico.

1850    Utah Territory (Utah, Nevada-North of 36 degrees 30 min, Western Colorado
        and SouthWestern Wyoming) organized.

1861    Utah Territory reorganized into the Colorado Territory (West half of
        Colorado), the Utah Territory (Utah) and the Nevada Territory (Nevada-North
        of 36 degrees 30 min).  SouthWest Wyoming added to the Nebraska Territory.

1896    Utah admitted to the Union as 45th State.

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12/1998 M.A.Leonard, Last Update-01/02/2006