Editing Fillmore, Utah (section)

==History==
Fillmore, located near the geographic center of the territory, was originally built as the capital of [[Utah Territory]]. The [[Utah Territorial Legislature]] approved a plan to locate the capital in the Pahvant Valley. On October 28, 1851, Utah governor [[Brigham Young]] chose the specific site for Fillmore. Jesse W. Fox, that same day, surveyed the town. [[Anson Call]] headed the colonizing company that shortly followed; they built houses, a grist mill, and a sawmill. The capitol building was begun in 1852.

In the following years, some disagreements developed with the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] in the area, but Brigham Young sent Dimick B. Huntington to the area, and he managed to negotiate peace. The region was considered a route, along the [[38th parallel north|38th parallel]], for the [[transcontinental railroad]]. Captain [[John W. Gunnison]], leading a military party surveying the region, was attacked by a band of Pahvants ([[Ute Tribe|Ute]]) west of Fillmore. Gunnison and seven of his men were killed (October 1853). During the 1860s, two forts, Fort Deseret and [[Cove Fort, Utah|Cove Fort]] were constructed nearby as protection from Indian unrest.

In 1855, the territorial legislature met in Fillmore. However, in 1856, the legislature decided to move the Territorial Capital to the larger community of [[Salt Lake City]].<ref name=AJ>[[Andrew Jenson|Jenson, Andrew]]. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 1941) pp. 250-252</ref>