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Spring 1830
First printed copies of the Book of Mormon made available to the public on March 26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized in Fayette Township, N.Y., on April 6.
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June 27, 1844
Church founder and prophet Joseph Smith, along with his brother
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February 4, 1846
Mormon pioneers leave Nauvoo, Ill., to begin their trek west.
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July 24, 1847
Brigham Young arrives in what is now the Salt Lake Valley.
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Circa 1874
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody first enters Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin.
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Circa 1895
Cody, Wyo., is founded and named after Buffalo Bill Cody
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Early 1900
Wyoming Governor and Secretary of State ask LDS Church President Lorenzo Snow to send colonization companies into Wyoming in January. Big Horn Colonization Co. arrives in Big Horn Basin; construction on the Sidon Canal begins in April.
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April 23, 1904
Sidon Canal completed.
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1948
Cody LDS Chapel construction begins; work concludes the following year.
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1950
Artist Edward Grigware begins researching and creating watercolor panels for Cody Mural.
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1951
Cody Mural completed and signed by Edward Grigware.
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Circa 1981
Work begins on museum in the room next to the rotunda housing the Cody Mural.
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September 1982
Pioneer Museum in Cody Chapel completed and opened to the public.
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2016
Renovation and rededication.