Edward Leo Lyman Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 From the time the Mormon pioneers first arrived in Utah, a fervent goal of the vast majority of the region’s residents was overcoming inferior territorial status by gaining statehood. Statehood was considered tantamount to independence in local affairs, with state officers chosen and answerable to the electorate, rather than where officials were outsiders …
Deseret
Richard D. Poll Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Deseret was the name given to the region for which the Mormon pioneers sought territorial status in 1849 and to the quasi government that they carried on for the next two years. It also designated the state they repeatedly sought to have admitted to the Union, and it also designated the shadow government …