Utah before Park City 40,000 BC Saber-toothed tigers hunt bison in what is now the Snyderville Basin.
Indian bands travel the high alpine valleys in search of game.
The Dominguez-Escalante expedition makes it as far as the Provo valley on their way to California before retreating back to Santa Fe. 1823 Mountain man Jedediah Smith passes through the Kamas Valley on his way from Wyoming to California. 1847 Brigham Young and the Mormon settlers pass near the north end of this valley on their way to Salt Lake. Utah's first mining claim is filed in Bingham Canyon west of Salt Lake Valley. In late October, soldiers climb over the mountains from Big Cottonwood Canyon to the Park City area and find silver.