Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Before Lagoon there was 'Eden Park' in Bountiful

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                                       Lagoon's first swimming pool. BEFORE Lagoon Park moved east to its current location in 1896, the...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

The first automobile ever spotted in Salt Lake City: 1899

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                    Illustration from the Salt Lake Herald newspaper of April 13, 1899. THE very first automobile was spotted in Salt ...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Game sanctuaries dominated Utah in the 1920s

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        The Wasatch Mountains, east of Ogden, were once a game sanctuary. THE  Roaring ’20s had more prohibition in place than just w...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

When Sir Edmund Hillary of Mount Everest fame hiked the High Uintas -- twice

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                South Kings Peak, with Kings Peak rising in the center background.   THERE'S  a legend about Sir Edmund Hillary...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Logan LDS Temple: Is a Historical Restoration in the works?

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THE  Logan Temple was the second temple in Utah built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was dedicated on May 17, 188...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

How well do you know the Golden Spike story? Chinese Arch and the 1942 'undriving' of the Spike are lesser known gems

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THE Golden Spike National Historic Site is in the middle of nowhere, at 32 miles west of Brigham City.                    The offic...

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...