FLASHBACK 2000: While the labels come easily, defining Salt Lake City is more complex
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Republicans jumped from Romney as their presidential nominee all the way to Donald Trump in only four years.
To read part one, click here. After a battle with Utah Mormons, new prospectors, and a vigilante committee, Nevada finally won its right to be an official U.S. territory in 1861, most likely due to the fact that the Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859, and supplied the Union with much needed gold and silver deposits.
Some pardons have been particularly controversial, including one by former President George W. Bush that he took back the next day.