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Fillmore, Utah. Population 2,150
Between negotiating the Compromise of 1850, stymieing southern attempts to turn Cuba into a state, protecting Hawaii from French interests, and working to open up Japan for trade, President Millard Fillmore also appointed Brigham Young as the first governor of the Utah Territory. That was 160 years ago this week. As a gesture of thanks [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on September 28, 2010, under Uncategorized.
Tags: brigham young, millard fillmore, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, utahamerican history, weird US history
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