Showing posts with label Great Salt Lake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Salt Lake. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

When the Canyon Winds spooked cattle and drove them into the Great Salt Lake

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     The view from Fremont Island, looking north to Little Mountain and the Great Salt Lake. THE gusting canyon winds that sometimes bl...

Back when the Great Salt Lake was its own ‘county’ and more history

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                      The Great Salt Lake and Causeway to Antelope Island. UTAH'S boundaries by county have evolved conside...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

When the Great Salt Lake was proposed as a National Park; Plus, more history

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                      A view of the Great Salt Lake from Buffalo Point on Antelope Island.                                                ...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Back when dumping raw sewage into the Great Salt Lake was the norm

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                          A diminished Farmington Bay as viewed from Antelope Island. UNTIL the 1960s, dumping raw sewage into the Great...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

A look at early ship wrecks on the briny and unpredictable Great Salt Lake

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                                   The Great Salt Lake southwest of Antelope Island.  THERE seems to have been plenty of boate...
Thursday, January 9, 2020

Condos and homes on Fremont Island?

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                 Fremont Island is not much of an island these days, with a low Great Salt Lake. ARE condos in the future for Fremont ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

When the Snake River was proposed to be the shrinking Great Salt Lake's lasting salvation

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                         A dried up and exposed portion of the Great Salt Lake bed. THE Great Salt Lake is declining. Between ...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Back when marathon swimming races flourished in the Great Salt Lake

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“FLOATING like a cork” in the Great Salt Lake was a very popular pastime in Northern Utah, from when the first pioneers arrived unt...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

The new normal: A high and dry Spiral Jetty -- But still worth a visit

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The Spiral Jetty, with Great Salt Lake water sitting hundreds of yards away, to the west. THE   new normal for the Spiral Jetty...
Monday, July 10, 2017

One of the first drownings in the Great Salt Lake

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             Davis County 4th graders play in the Great Salt Lake at Antelope Island. YES , you can drown in the briny, buoyant waters ...
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