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The Deseret News is a US multi-platform newspaper based in Salt Lake City, published by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by the Church of
Front page of the first issue of the Deseret News, published June 15, 1850
The Utah Territorial Statehouse, home of the News during the Utah War
An early News printing press displayed in the statehouse basement
The Deseret Store, home of the Deseret News from 1851 to 1854 and 1862–1903
State of Deseret
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The State of Deseret was a proposed state of the United States promoted by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had founded settlements in what is today the state of Utah. A
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…Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Founded in 1850, it was the first newspaper to be published in Utah. The publication's name is from the geographic area of Deseret identified by Utah's pioneer settlers, and much of the publication's reporting is rooted in that region. As of 2026, Deseret News develops daily content…
The Deseret Stone used in the construction of the Washington Monument. The stone was donated by the territory in 1853 to represent the provisional state.
Governor Brigham Young was appointed to office by President Millard Fillmore in 1850.