1850-02-28 00:00:00

Founders Day

$8,224.26 in private donations help start the university, including $1,200 from Brigham Young

1850-07-01 00:00:00

Student enrollment: 25

1850-09-01 00:00:00

Starting Tuition

$8 per quarter

1850-10-01 00:00:00

Women Admitted

After the first quarter, the U becomes one of the first universities in the West to admit women

1852-01-04 00:00:00

Elevator invented

1861-04-01 00:00:00

Civil War

America is torn apart and reunited in the Civil War

1862-01-04 00:00:00

Pasteurization begins

1868-01-04 00:00:00

Typewriter invented

1869-05-10 00:00:00

Transcontinental railroad completed

The first transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah

1869-07-01 00:00:00

John R. Park

University President, 1869-92