. The Pacific tourist . 130 wmm ^^€iwm w&w^ o < ^ ■A C5 ^ W « te o ^ a m < < a ^ 2 n WME ^aciFic ror/^fsr. 131 the absence of any other government the Mor-mons set up one for tliemst-lves, which was calledthe State of Deseret. Ihis w; done in thespring of 1819. On tiie Jth of September, 180U,Congress passed a bill wliich ignored the StategovernniHut of the Mormons, anil organized theTerritoiy of Utah, and on the 28th of that samemonth, Millard Fillmore, iresident, apiKjintedlirigham Voiing,Governor of tlie ierritory with afull complement of executive and judicial

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. The Pacific tourist . 130 wmm ^^€iwm w&w^ o < ^ ■A C5 ^ W « te o ^ a m < < a ^ 2 n WME ^aciFic ror/^fsr. 131 the absence of any other government the Mor-mons set up one for tliemst-lves, which was calledthe State of Deseret. Ihis w; done in thespring of 1819. On tiie Jth of September, 180U,Congress passed a bill wliich ignored the StategovernniHut of the Mormons, anil organized theTerritoiy of Utah, and on the 28th of that samemonth, Millard Fillmore, iresident, apiKjintedlirigham Voiing,Governor of tlie ierritory with afull complement of executive and judicial that time the area of the Territory ii; beendiminished, hut it is still large eiKJUgh lor allpractical pinposes. It now extends from the;i7th to the 4Jd parallels of nortii latitude, andfrom the luyth to the 111th degree of longitude,eml)racing over 81,01)0 scjuare miles or over51,000,000 of acres. The national census of1870 siiowed a population of about 90,000, anda fair estimate would give the Territory ,000 people at the pre

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