Talk:State of Deseret

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[edit] Flags for Deseret/Utah

This is a very interesting subject, I must say. Was there ever a flag proposed for Deseret? A picture of that would be very nice. Throw in some references and you shoul consider sending it to Peer Review.

Peter ^Isotalo 7 July 2005 19:37 (UTC)

This is just a link to a list of various flags of different states, including Utah:

http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_states_S-U.html

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, it shows three different flags of Utah, including one for the territory/state of Deseret. Yeah, this would be a nice addition to the article. --Robert Horning 00:42, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal to move State of Deseret article to a new title

I think perhaps a new title be created and this article be moved to it. I was thinking something along the lines of Deseret (Historically Proposed U.S. State) would be much clearer and less ambiguous than the current title which is vague and not accurate in the sense that there is no state known as Deseret that currently exists. --Champaign 08:46, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

A redirect page with that name could certainly be useful, but you will find "State of Deseret" in most history texts dealing with the settlement of the American West and/or Mormon migration and settlement. It may be that the title of the proposed independant state was actually "State of Deseret". I have never heard any other title. Best wishes. WBardwin 01:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I changed it back. It really was called the State of Deseret, even though it wasn't actually a state of the U.S. Under WP:Naming conventions, we should stick with the most common name. COGDEN 04:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Boycott of golden spike

The article wording does not make clear that the boycott of the golden spike event by the LDS Church and the Territorial Legislature (which was strongly linked to the church) was caused by the delay &/or elimination of payments due to members of the church who had participated in building portions of the railroad at the request of Brigham Young. As written, it sounds like neither the LDS Church nor its members had any involvement at all with the rail project, which is not the case. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 19:04, 1 February 2008 (UTC)