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Whereas, in the summer and fall of 1968, a committee was established at the request of the City Commission, said committee consisting of Dr. LeRoy Hafen, Ann W. Hafen, Theron H. Luke, Gustive O. Larsen, chairman; which committee was selected on the suggestion of N. LaVerl Christensen, editor of the Provo Daily Herald, and charged with the task of determining the date of Provo City’s settlement and,

Whereas, the said committee has submitted a detailed and annotated report indicating the first settlers arrived on the North bank of the Provo River, April 1, 1849, and commenced construction of Fort Utah on the third day of April, 1849.

It is hereby declared by the City Commission of Provo City that the third day of April of each and every year commencing with the third of April, 1969, shall be celebrated as Provo City’s Official Birthday.

The report of the committee is hereby accepted in total as an official document verifying the date of the establishment of Provo City as a pioneer settlement in Utah Valley and by this Section verified copies of the said report are ordered filed with the Recorder’s Office and in the Provo City Public Library.