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First Pioneer Day Held in 1849
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- The very first Pioneer Day was held in 1849, not
1848 as many assume. According to research done by the Daughters of the Utah
Pioneers in the 1940s, no celebration was held in 1848 as the pioneers were
still trying to merely survive. By the following year their lives were
stable enough that they could hold a celebration commemorating their arrival
in Utah.
Source:
Pioneer Day -- July 24, 1849
Deseret News 24Jul01 US UT SLC D6
By Lynn Arave: Deseret News staff writer
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