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ow does one encapsulate 125 years of Utah’s history into a few pages? It isn’t easy. Achieving statehood didn’t come easily for Utah’s first pioneers. In fact, it took more than 40 years of work before Utah — then to be named “Deseret” — was proclaimed a state on Jan. 4, 1896. Battles were fought over the size of the proposed state and the practice of polygamy. In 1894, the U.S. Congress passed an act outlining the steps Utah must take to be made a state, including banning polygamy in the state constitution. Finally, U.S. President Grover Cleveland proclaimed Utah the 45th state, and the adventure began. What followed was an amazing combination of innovation and hard work as new industries and new communities were built. Explorers discovered what the Native Americans in the area already knew — that Utah was filled with unbelievably beautiful natural vistas accented with rock arches, stone monoliths and alpine forests.
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Utah’s history is permeated with heroes who fought in and supported wars abroad, who came here for work and improved our national parks, who founded our arts organizations, sports teams and educational institutions, who farmed the land, who built our economy, and who experienced extreme hardships and rose out of them still fighting. Utah’s state emblem, the beehive, is a suitable representation of this history. Deseret, a word from the Book of Mormon, means “honeybee,” a symbol of industriousness, and it is the determined work and sacrifice of Utahns that has made the state what it is today. While only a few of the events worthy of attention from the last 125 years can fit inside this magazine, we hope you’ll enjoy remembering some of Utah’s most notable — and sometimes infamous — historic events, and perhaps read about some you didn’t know happened. This is Utah. The Beehive State. With a history — and a future — unlike any other place on earth.
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We Were Utah’s Amusement Capital Before Utah was Utah Utahns have been flocking to Davis for family fun since the beginning. Year after year, season after season, generations have enjoyed summer splashdowns, roller coaster highs, one-of-a-kind wildlife watching and legendary concerts. Before Antelope Island even became a state park, people were intrigued by the Great Salt Lake and the famous, free-range bison herd. And ever since Lagoon first opened in the late 1800s, Davis has been Utah’s destination for fun. Today, Davis is still Utah’s favorite place to play, with more to do than ever. From exploring Antelope Island, to aquatic adventures at Cherry Hill and SeaQuest, to adrenaline-inducing thrills at Lagoon, Davis continues to draw visitors from far and wide here to Utah’s amusement capital. We are thrilled to have been part of our state’s history and wish Utah 125 more amusing years to come. discoverdavis.com
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Town’s heroic effort opens SUU 1897 - The school that would later become Southern Utah University first opened its doors in Cedar City in September of 1897. That year, the newly organized Utah Legislature called for the hurried establishment of a teacher training school to provide for the region’s emerging pioneer settlement communities. Cedar City decided to compete against other Southern Utah towns to be chosen as the location for the school. In late May of 1897, Cedar City was notified it had been selected — but the city would be required to provide the school with its
State’s first baby born 1896 - Grover James Jensen was born on Jan. 4, 1896, in Gunnison at 8:10 a.m. local time, just seven minutes after U.S. President Grover Cleveland signed the proclamation giving Utah statehood. Little Grover was given a silver cup by the Salt Lake Herald in honor of being the first baby born in the State of Utah. - From “Saga of the Sanpitch,” Vol. 14
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own building by September 1898. The community banded together to raise the needed funds to construct a building for the school. Men battled winter snow to climb the mountains around the town and cut down trees for the construction. By September 1898, the building was nearly finished. Dedicated Oct. 28, 1898, the building is now known as Old Main. The school has been known by several names over the years and became Southern Utah University in 1991. Photo shows the dedication of Old Main in 1898.
Lagoon opens in Farmington 1896 - Lagoon opened at its current location in Farmington in 1896. The resort, formerly known as Lake Park, originally opened on the shores of the Great Salt Lake on July 15, 1886, where visitors enjoyed an open-air dance pavilion, roller skating, water sports, target shooting, a bowling alley and a mule-drawn merry-go-round. Lagoon’s location in Farmington was on the bank of a nine-acre pond, which inspired the park’s name change. - From lagoonpark.com
Earthquake in Southern Utah 1901 - On Nov. 13 at about 9:30 p.m., a 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook communities throughout Southern Utah, with some areas experiencing extensive damage. Newspapers reported that homes were shaken and people thrown out of bed. Aftershocks continued through the night and the next day. Sevier and Beaver counties experienced the most damage. The tabernacle in Richfield was cracked and other buildings had plaster knocked free and windows broken. The county building in the city of Beaver was reported to be completely wrecked, although still standing. Other buildings in Beaver were also damaged; the Beaver woolen mills were said to be practically ruined and ready to tumble down. Fortunately, there were no deaths reported.
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Original Salt Palace built 1899 - Salt Lake City’s original Salt Palace was built in 1899 under the direction of Richard Karl August Kletting, who was also the architect for the Utah State Capitol building. The Salt Palace was covered in large pieces of rock salt, giving it its name. It was home to a theater and was part of an amusement park that also offered a dance hall, a bicycle racing track, rides and a bandstand. The Salt Palace was destroyed by fire on Aug. 29, 1910. Photo is of a color postcard depicting the original Salt Palace. - From wikipedia.org
Lagoon opens first thrill ride 1899 - Lagoon opens its first thrill ride, Shoot-the-Chutes, in Farmington along the banks of a nine-acre pond. The ride had boats that slid riders down a large ramp and into the water. - From lagoonpark.com
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1896-1920 Y built on the mountain 1906 - In March of 1906, juniors at Brigham Young University High School decided to create their graduation year, “1907,” on the mountain just east of the school’s new Upper Campus using white lime. The senior class was outraged and invaded their rival class’s project, obliterating it. When considering how to encourage healthy rivalry without it getting out of hand, school leaders decided to create a large B, Y and U on the mountain. Preparations began in April of 1906; land was purchased and the letters’ outlines staked out. On the first Y Day, students formed a line up the mountain to move lime, sand and rocks up the incline. However, the job proved much bigger than expected, and by 4 p.m. only the Y had been covered. As a result, no attempt was made to construct the other two letters. Photo shows students working on the mountain during the first Y Day. - From byhigh.org
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Scofield mine explosion 1900 - On May 1, 1900, at around 10:28 a.m., an explosion occurred within the Winter Quarters coal mine near Scofield. At least 200 miners were killed as a result of the disaster. According to historytogo.utah.gov, it took about 20 minutes to clear debris away from the mine entrance, and when rescuers finally gained access, they found many miners suffocating from deadly gases resulting from the explosion. The mine eventually reopened and continued operating until 1923. Photo shows Apostle George Teasdale of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicating graves at the Scofield cemetery following the disaster. 12
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U of U begins classes 1900 - Classes opened on Oct. 1, 1900, at the University of Utah’s permanent location on the east bench of Salt Lake City. The university had operated in multiple locations after it originally opened in 1850, but it moved to the east bench after Congress granted 60 acres of Fort Douglas land to the school. Photo shows an English class at the U of U in 1903.
Copper mining begins 1906 - Open-pit copper mining began in Bingham Canyon in Utah’s Oquirrh Mountains in 1906. According to geology.utah.gov, underground metal mining was a difficult and dangerous industry in the late 1800s. In Bingham Canyon, those difficulties were overcome as it became the first area to utilize large-scale, open-pit mining methods to mine low-grade copper ores. The operation grew over the years to become one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world. It is now known as Kennecott Utah Copper, which is owned by Rio Tinto. Photo shows Bingham Canyon mining in 1907. Used by permission, Utah State Historical Society Used by permission, Utah State Historical Society
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1896-1920 Utah’s first national monument created
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Discovery of Rainbow Bridge 1909 - While Rainbow Bridge was known by Native Americans, it wasn’t until 1909 that the sandstone landmark was “discovered” and publicized to the outside world. Dr. Byron Cummings, a University of Utah archeologist, and William B. Douglass, examiner of surveys under the General Land Office, teamed up to attempt to locate the bridge after hearing reports of its existence. On Aug. 11, 1909, the men began their trek to the bridge guided by Ute Mountain Ute Jim Mike, who had supposedly heard about the bridge from the Navajos. Along the way they were to meet up with Paiute Nasja Begay, another local who knew the route to the bridge. Late in the afternoon of Aug. 14, the group reached its goal. Photo shows Byron Cummings at Rainbow Bridge in 1909.
1908 - Natural Bridges National Monument — Utah’s first national monument and first National Park Service area — was created on April 16, 1908, by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1883, prospector Cass Hite wandered up White Canyon from his base camp along the Colorado River in search of gold. What he found instead were three magnificent bridges sculpted from stone by water. In 1904, National Geographic Magazine publicized the bridges, leading to President Roosevelt’s creation of the monument. The bridges are named Kachina, Owachomo and Sipapu in honor of the ancestral Puebloans who once lived in the area.
Mukuntuweap National Monument created 1909 - On July 31, 1909, U.S. President William Howard Taft created Mukuntuweap National Monument. John Wesley Powell, who surveyed the area in 1872, had originally bestowed the name “Mukuntuweap” on the canyon to honor the Southern Paiute, who had lived in the region for centuries. The stunning beauty of the area, however, led people to refer to the area as “Zion,” which was noted by Acting Park Service Director Horace Albright when he visited the monument in 1917. Albright decided to request that the name of the monument be changed, and in 1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson renamed the area Zion National Monument. In 1919, Congress re-designated it as Zion National Park. - Information from npca.org 14
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Strawberry Dam completed 1912 - Strawberry Dam was completed, except for its spillway, on Oct. 29, 1912, creating Strawberry Reservoir, a popular fishery and recreational area. Strawberry Dam was later replaced with the Soldier Creek Dam, which was constructed between 1970 and 1974 and greatly increased the capacity of the reservoir.
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1896-1920 Speeding on the Salt Flats 1914 - Auto racing began on the Bonneville Salts Flats near the Great Salt Lake in 1914; Teddy Tezlaff drove his car to an official record speed of 141.73 mph that year. Land speed records were mainly set on beaches before 1935, when the Salt Flats became the preferred venue. Nearly all Outright World Land Speed Records set between 1935 and 1970 were achieved at the Salt Flats. In 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell set a speed record of just over 301 mph. Since that time, various types of vehicles have achieved speeds of over 400 mph. Photo is of a diesel car on the Salt Flats in 1950. - From bonnevilleracing.com and fia.com
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BYU begins “Upper Campus” expansion 1911 - In 1911, the Karl G. Maeser Building, the first building constructed on what was known as the “Upper Campus” of Brigham Young University, was completed. BYU was originally founded in 1876 in Provo as Brigham Young Academy and grew over the years to include all primary and secondary grades, even eventually expanding into collegiate courses. It also operated in various locations until a permanent home was built and dedicated in 1892. In 1903, the school was renamed as Brigham Young High School and Brigham Young University. The high school closed in 1968. In 1904, the school purchased 17 acres on what was known as Temple Hill. Construction began on the Maeser Building on the new Upper Campus in 1909. The campus grew from there to become the BYU of today, which has an enrollment of more than 30,000 students who come from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. Photo shows people attending the event held for the laying of the Maeser Building’s cornerstone in 1911. - From byhigh.org
Rainbow Bridge National Monument created 1910 - On May 30, 1910, U.S. President William Howard Taft created Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Rainbow Bridge is one of the world’s largest known natural bridges. Today, the monument is visited by 85,000 people annually despite it requiring a boat journey on Lake Powell or a 14mile hike to get there. Used by permission, Utah State Historical Society
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Utah’s Oldest Jewelry Store
Celebrating125 Years and 5 Generations of Business
The year 2021 isn’t just the 125th birthday for the state of Utah, but for S.E. Needham Jewelers, it is also a celebration of 125 years in business. For more than a century, shopping at S. E. Needham Jewelers has been a Utah tradition for thousands of families. Located in Logan Utah, it is the state’s oldest jewelry company. The Needham family is also celebrating five generations of jewelers. The store is currently managed by the fourth-generation owner, Sylvan Eugene Needham IV (Gene IV), alongside his oldest son, Sylvan V, and his brother Joe Needham. “We are excited to have reached this milestone of longevity and we feel very grateful for the support of the community and our customers,” said Gene IV when asked about the notable milestone. Gene IV explained, ”My great-grandmother, Lulu Holt Johnson was the founder of our family business. She was the owner of Johnson Jewelry Company, and when Sylvan Sr. married her, the name of the store was changed to S.E. Needham Jewelers.” They worked together and took the store through WWI and the Great Depression. They had three children, only one of whom lived past childhood, Sylvan Eugene Needham, Jr.
When Sylvan Jr. was old enough, he and his father worked together as business partners. Sylvan Jr. worked as a watch repairman during WWII which gave him added training. He had a passion for beautiful jewelry, which many who knew him still recall. And the family tradition continued.
Pictured Left to Right: Sylvan Eugene Needham Sr., Jr., III, IV, V
S. Eugene III (Gene III) took over the store when Sylvan Jr. unexpectedly passed away in 1965. His varied interests in art and books led him to open several other stores selling everything from books, videos, cameras, shoes, art, and more. He and his wife, Christie, had 11 children, but only two showed interest in working at the jewelry store. He kept the family tradition alive, and was ready to pass management to his son Gene IV in 1990.
Each spouse has had a role in developing the business as well. “Behind every strong business is a strong woman. Our store would not be where it is at without my wife, Julie,” emphasized Gene IV. “We have been blessed to have very strong women in our family that have supported the business.” In recent years, running the store has become more of a family affair. And now there are several of the 5th generation involved. “It has been fun to grow up in the business. Over the last five years, I have enjoyed working with my dad and my uncle (Joe). I have equally enjoyed getting to work with my siblings as they have become old enough to start learning the business as well,” reported Sylvan V, Gene IV’s oldest son. “There are now six of Gene IV and Julie’s nine kids that regularly work at the store. All of us are learning the business and even though, at the moment it is unclear how many kids will stay in the business, there is plenty of interest to keep the tradition going.”
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Minor league baseball comes to Utah 1915 - After the 1914 season, the Sacramento Solons baseball team, a charter member of the Pacific Coast League, was sold to a Salt Lake City businessman. The team became known as the Salt Lake Bees and played the first PCL game in Utah on March 31, 1915. After 11 seasons, the team was transferred to Los Angeles for the 1926 season. Salt Lake remained without a baseball team until 1946 when it received a franchise in the Pioneer League. In 1958, the original Bees team that had moved to California moved back to Salt Lake City to again play as the PCL Bees. Various teams under various names and with various affiliations played baseball in Salt Lake City during the following decades until 1993 when Portland Beavers owner Joe Buzas made a deal with Salt Lake City where the city would build a new field and he would move his team there. Franklin Quest Field (now Smith’s Ballpark) opened in 1994 as home to the Salt Lake Buzz. In 2002, the team became the Salt Lake Stingers and in 2006 became, again, the Salt Lake Bees. Photo shows the Salt Lake Bees team in 1958. - From baseball.fandom.com
1916 - In 1916, after winning the Rocky Mountain Conference with a perfect 6-0 record, the University of Utah basketball team traveled to Chicago to play in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) National Tournament. The Utah team advanced to the championship game, where it beat the Illinois Athletic Club 28-27, winning the national championship.
Pandemic hits Utah 1918 - The first cases of the “Spanish flu” in Utah were reported in September and October of 1918. This was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic resulting from an H1N1 virus. Cases continued through mid-1920; Utah had 91,799 reported cases and 2,915 deaths between 1918 and 1920. - Information from wchsutah. org
Dixie “D” constructed 1915 - The Dixie “D” was constructed on a bluff above St. George on Feb. 14, 1915, by students of Dixie Academy. Over the years, improvements were made on the landmark such as floodlights and then high-intensity electric lights. In 2018, the lights were upgraded to a full-color lighting system. The “D” is whitewashed each year on the Saturday of Dixie State University’s D-Week. Photo shows George Cannon and his red VW bug in St. George in 1967 with the “D” in the background. - Information from of wchsutah.org
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State capitol completed 1914 - The final cornerstone of the Utah State Capitol building was set in place during a ceremony April 4, 1914. A design proposed by local architect Richard Karl August Kletting was chosen for the building, and he incorporated advanced technologies in the design such as using reinforced concrete instead of a timber frame for the structural system. Salt Lake City was the world’s fifth city with central station electricity, and Kletting included electric lighting in the building. Photo shows the newly completed capitol building on June 2, 1915. Used by permission, Utah State Historical Society
Dinosaur National Monument established 1915 - On Aug. 17, 1909, Earl Douglass, a Carnegie Museum paleontologist, discovered eight vertebra of an Apatosaurus in an area east of Vernal. This discovery was the beginning of a dinosaur quarry that would achieve worldwide fame. On Oct. 4, 1915, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signing a presidential proclamation establishing 80 acres around the quarry as Dinosaur National Monument. On July 14, 1938, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt expanded the monument by 200,000 acres.
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1921-1945 Timpanogos Cave National Monument designated 1922 - Timpanogos Cave National Monument was created on Oct. 14, 1922. Located in American Fork Canyon on the northwestern slope of Mt. Timpanogos, the monument includes three caves that visitors can tour: Hansen Cave, Middle Cave and Timpanogos Cave. Photo shows construction of a concession and ticket office building on the trail of the Timpanogos Cave National Monument in the winter of 1922-23.
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Northern Utah flooding 1923 - On April 13, 1923, intense thunderstorms caused flooding in the tributaries to the Great Salt Lake between Brigham City and Salt Lake City, causing an estimated $3 million in property damage. There were two fatalities below Willard Canyon and six in or around Farmington Canyon. Crops in the area were ruined, and the main highway was blocked by up to 6 feet of mud in Willard and Farmington. Water covered much of the cities of Willard and Perry. Flood crests in Farmington Canyon were observed to be 75 to 100 feet high and 200 feet across. Patrons at Lagoon had to be rescued from trees or roofs where they had fled from the rising waters.
Bingham Canyon avalanche 1926 - On Feb. 17, 1926, a snow slide in Bingham Canyon demolished 14 miners’ cottages and a three-story boarding house. The day after the slide, it was reported that more than 100 men were searching the debris at the foot of Sap Gulch to try and recover bodies. At that time, 36 people were known to have died in the slide and another 40 were still missing. Twelve survivors were reported in the hospital. One of those who died was Arthur Tibby, age 7, who was playing in his yard when he was buried beneath the slide. 20
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Hovenweep National Monument declared 1923 - On March 2, 1923, U.S. President Warren G. Harding created Hovenweep National Monument in southeastern Utah near the Colorado border. Human habitation at Hovenweep dates to over 10,000 years ago when nomadic Paleoindians visited the Cajon Mesa to gather food and hunt game. These people used the area for centuries, and by about A.D. 900, people started to settle at Hovenweep yearround. By the late 1200s, the Hovenweep area was home to more than 2,500 people. The first reports of the structures built at Hovenweep were made by W.D. Huntington, the leader of a Mormon expedition into southeast Utah in 1854. The name “Hovenweep” is a Paiute/Ute word meaning “deserted valley.” In 1917-18, J.W. Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institution surveyed the area and recommended the structures be protected.
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First movie filmed in Kanab 1924 - Kanab made its first appearance on the silver screen when the silent Western film “The Deadwood Coach” was released on Dec. 7, 1924. Since that time, more than 100 films have been shot in Southern Utah. From the 1930s through the 1960s, movie and television production was one of the major industries in Kanab, and the small city began to be known as Little Hollywood. Other movies filmed in the area include “Union Pacific” (1939), “El Dorado” (1967) and “The Outlaw Josey Wales.” - From littlehollywoodmuseum.org
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Fire destroys Saltair 1925 - On April 22, 1925, a fire broke out at the main pavilion of Saltair resort. The fire spread to several other buildings as well. Located on the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake, Saltair opened its doors in 1893 to visitors who enjoyed swimming by day and dancing by night. As one of the first amusement parks in America, it became the most popular family destination west of New York. The devastating fire of 1925 seemed the end of Saltair, but investors decided to build a bigger and better resort, which included the largest dance floor in the world. Many big names in music played at this new venue, including the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Photo shows the resort’s roller coaster following the fire. - From thesaltsair.com
Castle Gate mine disaster 1924 - On the morning of March 8, 1924, two explosions occurred in the Number Two Mine of the Utah Fuel Company located at Castle Gate (north of Helper and Price). A total of 172 men died in the disaster, which was attributed to inadequate control of coal dust and the open flames used in workers’ headlamps. Photo shows miners outside of the Castle Gate mine a few days before the disaster.
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1921-1945 Tabernacle Choir begins broadcasting
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Bryce Canyon National Park established 1928 - J.W. Humphrey, a U.S. Forest Service supervisor, was transferred to Panguitch in July of 1915. An employee suggested he view the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. When Humphrey came to the rim at what is now known as Sunset Point, he was stunned by the view and began to determine how this beauty could be made available to the public. He had photos and films of the canyon sent to Forest Service and Union Pacific Railroad officials. Magazine and newspaper articles were written, funding was made available to improve the road to the rim, and by 1919, tourists were arriving. Lodging and other amenities were established to accommodate the visitors. On Feb. 25, 1928, Bryce Canyon officially became a national park. Photo shows visitors looking north from near Bryce Point sometime between 1929 and 1935.
1929 - On July 15, 1929, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir first aired its “Music & the Spoken Word.” The broadcast was makeshift at best: a local radio crew ran a wire from its control room to an amplifier in the Tabernacle nearly a block away. The technicians put the station’s sole microphone on a ladder not only to capture the music of the choir, but also so an announcer could introduce each number. Nineteen-yearold Ted Kimball — son of the Tabernacle organist and the designated announcer — perched on the ladder for the duration of the program so those listening could hear his words. Today, the choir’s weekly broadcast is carried on radio, television and cable networks around the world. “Music and the Spoken Word” has been inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the National Radio Hall of Fame. On Oct. 5, 2018, it was announced the choir was changing its name to the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Photo shows the choir in 1935.
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Arches National Monument formed 1929 - In 1911, Loren “Bish” Taylor took over the newspaper in Moab. For years, he wrote about the fabulous red rock geography surrounding his town and explored the area with others. Word spread, and eventually railroad executives learned about the area. A campaign began to make the area a national park. On April 12, 1929, U.S. President Herbert Hoover signed a presidential proclamation reserving about 4,500 acres in the area as Arches National Monument. The park has since been expanded in size several times and was redesignated as a national park on Nov. 12, 1971. Arches National Park has the densest concentration of natural stone arches in the world with more than 2,000 documented arches in the park. 22
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Civilian Conservation Corps makes its mark 1933 - In 1933, during the Great Depression, the U.S. government created the Civilian Conservation Corps for young men to provide financial relief and implement conservation projects. During the program’s nine years of operation, 116 CCC camps operated in 27 Utah counties. A total of 22,074 Utah men were provided employment by the CCC during this period along with 23,833 more individuals from out of state who worked on Utah projects. These projects included building campgrounds in Logan Canyon, improving bird refuges on the Bear River and at Ogden Bay, and making improvements at Zion National Park, including much of the stonework still visible there today. The men fought fires, built trails and fences, and worked on roads through the canyons of the Wasatch Mountains. The program was ended in 1942 after the beginning of World War II. 24
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1933 - Cedar Breaks was named as a national monument on Aug. 22, 1933, by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1919, the first vehicle traveled to Cedar Breaks, which is located in the mountains east of Cedar City at an elevation of about 10,000 feet. Between 1920 and 1923, a road was built connecting Cedar Breaks and Zion National Park, increasing interest in the area. Cedar Breaks’ popularity increased even more in the 1930s when it was featured in advertising. - From zionnational-park.com
Capitol Reef National Monument formed 1937 - As early as 1914, entrepreneur (and later Utah Legislature Representative) Ephraim Portman Pectol and his brother-in-law (and Utah Legislature Senator) Joseph S. Hickman were working to protect the Capitol Reef area of Utah. Hickman’s untimely death set the effort back, but support for the idea began growing again in the 1930s. State officials’ efforts paid off in 1937 when U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set aside 37,711 acres as Capitol Reef National Monument. On Dec. 18, 1971, President Richard Nixon set aside 254,000 acres as Capitol Reef National Park.
Atomic Bomb crews train in Wendover 1940 - On Sept. 20, 1940, the U.S. Army Air Corps began building structures in Wendover, Utah. The Wendover Airfield became a subpost of Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City, on July 29, 1941, and the airfield would eventually grow to 1.82 million acres. It was hailed as the largest bombing and gunnery range in the world. Wendover Army Air Base was activated on March 28, 1942, as a B-17 and B-24 heavy bombardment training base, and the first unit, the 306th Bombardment Group of four squadrons of B-17 aircraft, arrived in April of 1942. In all, there were 21 bomber groups and more than 1,000 aircrews that completed training at Wendover. The crews participated in the strategic bombing of Germany, flew in support of D-Day and conducted combat operations around the world. By 1944, development of an atomic bomb was underway, and the B-29 bomber was chosen as the delivery vehicle. Because of its isolation, security and wide open spaces, the Wendover base was chosen as the location for training the 509th Composite Group, the select team that would later drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Photo is of G.I.’s at Wendover in 1943. - From wendoverairbase.com
Photo courtesy of M. Lee Taylor
First art museum opens 1937 - The Springville Museum of Art, Utah’s first art museum, was dedicated in 1937. Artists Cyrus E. Dallin and John Hafen began Springville’s art collection in 1903 when they each donated an artwork to Springville High School. Other donations from artists followed and SHS students began raising money to purchase artworks. By 1935, the collection had grown so large that the community raised $100,000 to construct an art museum to house it. Additional money for the project came from Springville City, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Works Progress Administration. The photo shows the museum near completion. - From smofa.org
Another fire damages Saltair 1931 - A fire caused more than $100,000 in damage at Saltair on the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake in the summer of 1931, causing the beginning of the end of the resort. During the next decade, lake waters receded away from the resort and the beginning of World War II negatively affected the business, and Saltair eventually closed its doors. - From thesaltsair.com
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Plane crash kills all on board 1937 - On Oct. 17, 1937, United Air Lines Trip One, a flight carrying 16 passengers and three crew members, departed from Cheyenne, Wyoming, at 6:26 p.m. headed for Salt Lake City. The weather, while overcast with rain and snow at higher elevations, was not a concern for the pilot, who had 11,000 hours of flight time and three years of experience flying from Cheyenne to Salt Lake City. The plane was flying at 10,000 feet, which kept it below the weather, and flight controllers had contact with the flight until 9:05 p.m. when several calls went unanswered. An investigation showed the flight had drifted south of its intended course by 20 miles and crashed into the east slope of the 10,300-foot Humpy Ridge, a remote location in the mountains of Utah near the border of Wyoming. All on board the plane were killed. At the time, it was the deadliest commercial aviation accident in the United States. - From lostflights.com
Deer Creek Dam completed 1941 - The Deer Creek Reservoir Dam was completed in 1941 about 16 miles northeast of Provo. Begun in 1938, the dam was constructed as part of the Provo River Project to store water diverted from the Provo, Weber and Duchesne rivers.
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1938 - On Dec. 1, 1938, a yellow school bus traveled down a narrow county road enroute to Jordan High School. Farrold Silox, the 29-year-old driver, had driven the Bluffdale and Riverton route for the past three years. The roads that morning were slippery and a low fog hung in the area. Delayed for over an hour, a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight train with 51 cars was northbound and trying to make up for lost time. Silox had crossed the rural railroad tracks several hundred times and knew the train schedules. He had never seen any trains on this crossing at this time of day. He failed to see the train – until the bus was already on the tracks. The school bus was struck broadside and split in half. The largest portion of the bus was thrown 40 yards northwest of the crossing. Bodies of children were thrown on both sides of the tracks. The cab of the bus was carried on the front of the locomotive for a distance of 2,000 feet down the track. Several children and the bus driver were trapped inside. It was the nation’s worst motor vehicle accident on record at that time. There were 38 students plus the driver on the bus. The bus driver and 25 children ultimately died from this tragic incident.
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Beginning of Utah’s ski industry 1938 -The first chair lift for skiers began operation at Alta Ski Area during the 1938-39 ski season. Brighton Resort, Alta, Snow Park (now Deer Valley Resort), Beaver Mountain Ski Area in Logan and Timp Haven (now Sundance Mountain Resort) operated tow devices before that time. Snowbasin Resort began operating a chair lift during the 1945-46 season, and Brighton began operating a chair lift during the 1947-48 season. Photo shows skiers at Alta in January of 1939. - From engenmuseum.org
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Beginning of Hill Air Force Base 1939 - In July 1939, the U.S. Congress appropriated $8 million for the establishment and construction of the Ogden Air Depot. In December of that year, the War Department named the site “Hill Field” in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill, chief of the Flying Branch of the Air Corps Material Division at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. Ground was formally broken for Hill Field on Jan. 12, 1940. During World War II, Hill Field was a vital maintenance and supply base with roundthe-clock operations geared to supporting the war effort. On Sept. 26, 1947, the Army Air Corps became the United States Air Force. Following an Air Force-wide pattern of renaming “fields” as “bases,” Hill Field became Hill Air Force Base on Feb. 5, 1948. The base is now Utah’s largest employer. Photo shows the groundbreaking ceremony for Hill Air Force Base in 1940.
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Utah Symphony’s first performance 1940 - The Utah State Symphony Orchestra gave its first performance on May 8, 1940. In 1946, the group’s name was changed to the Utah Symphony. The symphony became recognized as a leading American ensemble largely through the efforts of Maurice Abravanel, its music director from 1947 to 1979. During his tenure, the orchestra undertook four international tours, released more than 100 recordings and developed an extensive music education program. For more than three decades, the symphony performed in the Salt Lake City Tabernacle. It moved into its current home, Abravanel Hall, in the fall of 1979. Utah Opera was founded in 1978 and, since its debut, the Utah Symphony has performed for its productions at Salt Lake’s Capitol Theatre. In 2002, the two organizations merged to form Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. Shown is the Utah State Symphony Orchestra during a concert in the University of Utah Stadium in August 1942.
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Topaz War Relocation Center opens 1942 - The Topaz War Relocation Center opened Sept. 11, 1942, at a location 15 miles northwest of Delta. It served as an internment camp for Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II. The camp had a central area consisting of 42 blocks, with 12 barracks in each block housing 250 to 300 internees. Each block also had a recreation room, combination washroom-toilet-laundry building, a central dining hall and an office for the block manager. The relocation center eventually consisted of 623 buildings, including two elementary schools, one junior/senior high school, a hospital, a church, seven watch towers, a perimeter fence and a sentry post. More than 11,000 people, most from the San Francisco Bay area, passed through the camp during its three years of operation, with the camp housing a peak population of more than 8,000. Photo shows Topaz internees doing office work at the camp.
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1921-1945 State’s worst train disaster
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Sinking of the USS Utah at Pearl Harbor
1944 - Utah’s worst-ever train disaster occurred just after 6 a.m. on Dec. 31, 1944, when a pair of westbound trains crashed near Promontory Point (about 18 miles west of Ogden). The accident happened in thick fog when a mail express train failed to slow down for a caution signal and, at 60 mph, smashed into the rear of a Pullman car on a passenger train that had slowed down to 18 mph for a freight train ahead of it with mechanical problems. Seven of the rail cars were hurled off the wooden lake trestle and into the Great Salt Lake’s mud and shallow waters. The wreck scene stretched for half a mile. The crash resulted in 50 fatalities and another 79 reported injured; it became known as the Bagley Train Wreck or the Great Salt Lake Wreck. Photo shows the train wreck from above.
1941 - The battleship USS Utah, the first ship named after the state of Utah, was launched on Dec. 23, 1909. During World War I, the ship was stationed in Ireland where she protected convoys from potential German surface raiders. In 1931, the Utah was demilitarized and converted into a target ship. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the Utah was docked in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. In the first few minutes of the Japanese attack on the harbor, the Utah was hit by two torpedoes and the ship quickly sank. Most crew members escaped, but 58 were killed in the attack. Photo shows the USS Utah sinking in Pearl Harbor, where the wreck remains today. - From ussutah1941.org
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Deaths of the Borgstrom brothers 1944 - Four brothers from the same Utah family died in 1944 while serving in the U.S. military during World War II. Alben and Gunda Borgstrom lived in Thatcher, Utah, where they had 10 children: seven boys and three girls. The oldest boy died at age 9. By 1944, five of the remaining sons had enlisted in the military (the youngest boy being too young to enlist) and gone to war. Clyde Borgstrom, a bulldozer operator, was killed March 17, 1944, by a falling tree while he bulldozed debris on Guadalcanal. Leroy Borgstrom, a medic, was killed June 22, 1944, in Italy during the Battle of the Anzio. He was carrying a wounded soldier on his shoulders under heavy fire. Rolon Borgstrom
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served as a gunner on a bomber crew based in England and died after being shot while flying over Germany on Aug. 8, 1944. After hearing of the family’s losses, Utah government officials petitioned U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to have the other two brothers, Rulon (Rolon’s twin brother) and Boyd, taken out of active duty. Before this could be done, however, Rulon was reported missing in an attack on La Dreff, France, on Aug. 25, 1944. Rulon was an infantryman and died as part of the offensive that started on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Boyd was allowed to return home. The four brothers are buried in Tremonton. - Information from tremontoncity.org
Establishment of Utah Valley University 1941 - Utah Valley University was established in 1941 as the Central Utah Vocational School with the primary function of providing war production training. Following World War II, the state legislature made the school a state-supported, two-year vocational school. Its first campus was built in Provo, but by the early ‘70s, enrollment far exceeded what the school could accommodate. One hundred and eighty-five acres of farmland were purchased in southwest Orem adjacent to Interstate 15 for a new campus, which was dedicated in March of 1977. In 1992, the school began offering four-year degrees, and on July 1, 2008, the school officially became Utah Valley University.
Topaz relocation center closes 1945 - The Topaz War Relocation Center, an internment camp near Delta created to house Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II, closed on Oct. 31, 1945.
Geneva Steel opens 1944 - Geneva Steel, once the largest integrated steel mill west of the Mississippi River, opened west of Orem in December of 1944. The plant was commissioned by the U.S. government as part of the war effort in the early 1940s, the Utah location being out of range of Japanese or German bombers and missiles. Construction began in November 1941, a month before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and was completed in December of 1944. Named after a former lakeside resort, Geneva Steel encompassed 1,600 acres and at its peak employed about 3,000 people. The mill took raw materials and produced finished steel; its facility included blast furnaces, open hearths, rolling mills, coke ovens and an iron ore sintering plant as well as a foundry, a machine shop and an automotive repair shop. There were also office buildings,
testing laboratories and facilities for employees. Geneva Steel operated on the site for more than 50 years, closing in 2002. Photo shows Geneva Steel in 1959.
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1921-1945 Tooele Army Depot opened 1942 - The Tooele Army Depot was established in 1942 as the Tooele Ordinance Depot with the function of storing supplies, vehicles and ammunition for World War II forces in Europe and the Pacific. Following World War II, the Tooele Army Depot expanded to take control of the Deseret Chemical Depot. In 1962, the Tooele Ordinance Depot was redesignated as the Tooele Army Depot, and in the following years it would be tasked with responsibility for the maintenance of topographic equipment, tactical wheeled vehicles, construction equipment, generators and troop support items. In the 1990s, the mission scope of the Toole Army Depot was gradually reduced, starting the removal of distribution, maintenance and troop support missions first recommended in 1993 and completed in 1995. This resulted in the removal of most military troops from the depot. In 1999, the command of the non-tactical generator rail equipment repair facility was removed from Tooele Army Depot and transferred to the Warren Michigan Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command. In 2010, The Tooele Army Depot was designated as a center of industrial and technical excellence in the field of ammunition peculiar equipment. Photo shows Toole Ordinance Depot employees cleaning a bomb storage area in 1946. - From militarybases.com
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Utes take NCAA basketball championship 1944 - At the end of the 1944 basketball season, the University of Utah Utes basketball team was invited to compete in the NCAA tournament as a last-minute fill-in for another team. The Utes advanced to the championship game against Dartmouth. Tied at the end of regulation time, the game went into overtime. With three seconds left in overtime and the score again tied, the Utes managed to hit the basket and win the game and the NCAA Championship. A few days later, the Utes played a benefit game against NIT champion St. John’s and won 43-36. The Utes also went on to win the NIT Championship in 1947.
Massacre of POW’s in Salina 1945 - From 1944 to 1945, a prisoner of war camp was operated in Salina. About 250 Germans were held there in a former Civilian Conservation Corps facility. The site acted as an overflow site for Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City; in all, Utah housed 15,000 German and Italian POW’s. Salina’s camp was unique in that it was inside a town. On July 8, 1945, shortly after midnight, U.S. Army Private Clarence V. Bertucci went to his post to perform guard duty. Once there, he loaded a 250-round belt of .30 caliber ammunition into a 1919 Browning machine gun, then fired into the tents housing the sleeping prisoners. The attack ended in under a minute, killing eight and mortally wounding a ninth. Bertucci also wounded 20 other German POW’s. A military in30
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vestigation judged him mentally incompetent and he spent the rest of his life in a mental institution. Photo shows the Camp Salina museum in 2018. - From intermountainhistories.org
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First text bomb in Nevada desert The first test bomb exploded over the Nevada desert on Jan. 27, 1951. The fallout drifted east into southwest Utah. The Atomic Energy Commission oversaw the testing and assured Utah and Nevada residents that they were not at risk. By 1953, sheep in Iron County were showing symptoms of radiation poisoning including burns on their faces and birth defects in their lambs that sometimes led to death. The commission investigated the livestock deaths and deformities but falsified the reports. A congressional investigation uncovered the massive fraud of the commission in 1979. Many believe that there are too many cases of leukemia, infertility and birth defects in the residents of these communities to be a coincidence. Those affected by the testing fallout call themselves “Downwinders” because the wind blew radiation from the test site over their communities. Congress 34
1947 - A Douglas DC-6 plane crashed near Bryce Canyon National Park on Oct. 24, 1947. United Airlines Flight 608 was a passenger flight from Los Angeles to Chicago; all 47 passengers and five crew members on board were killed in the accident. At 12:21 p.m., Captain Everett McMillen radioed that there was a fire in the baggage compartment that they could not control, and smoke was entering the passenger cabin. The flight requested emergency clearance to land at Bryce Canyon Airport, which was granted. As the airplane descended, pieces began falling off the craft, and about a mile from the airport, the nose of the craft suddenly pitched forward and the plane slammed into the ground. The cause was later determined to be a design flaw in the craft. At the time, it was the second-deadliest air crash in the United States. Photo shows the crash site from above. - From lostflights.com
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passed a compensation bill in 1990 that apologized and provided money to help survivors deal with their diseases and other problems that may have been caused by the Nevada testing. Photo shows a nuclear blast at the Nevada Test Side in November 1951. - From ilovehistory.utah.gov
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1952 - On April 28, 1952, melting of a record snowpack caused severe flooding on the Ogden and Weber rivers as well as several others in the state. Authorities declared a flooding disaster. Two people were killed in boat wrecks on the swollen Ogden River. Flood damage totaled $8.4 million, including $1.9 million in Salt Lake City.
USAC becomes Utah State University 1957 - In 1957, Utah State Agricultural College in Logan became Utah State University. First formed as the Agricultural College of Utah on March 8, 1888, the school conferred business degrees on eight students in 1894, making USU home to the oldest continuously operating business school in the West. In 1909, the famous “A” was installed on the tower of Old Main. Photo shows what was then the USAC campus in 1952 with Old Main in the foreground. Used by permission, Utah State Historical Society
Extreme winter weather 1949 - Utah experienced one of its worst winters in 194849. According to onlyinyourstate.com, in early January of 1949, a three-day blizzard hit the state, breaking windows and caving in roofs. Snowdrifts of up to 10 feet tall accumulated in driveways and along roads and temperatures plummeted to well below zero. Snowplows couldn’t remove the frozen snowdrifts, stranding people throughout Northern Utah. Sardine Canyon between Brigham City and the Cache Valley was closed for a month. Many livestock animals caught in the cold froze to death, and military cargo planes were used to drop hay to starving animals. The Salt Lake Telegram reported on Jan. 5, 1949, that about 3,000 passengers were stuck in Utah and Idaho on Union Pacific Railroad Co. trains due to blizzard conditions in the eastern Rocky Mountains and blowing snow that had created snowdrifts more than 20 feet tall on the tracks. At least 300 Greyhound bus passengers were forced to wait in Salt Lake City as U.S. 30 was blocked by snow. On Jan. 15, 1949, a second storm hit Utah, followed by a third blizzard a week later. Snow drifted as high as telephone poles in Millard County and several avalanches trapped skiers at Alta and Brighton ski resorts. On Jan, 26, 1949, The Daily Herald reported that Provo was one of the coldest recorded spots in the nation that morning with an official temperature of 25 degrees below zero measured at the Provo Airport. Unusually cold temperatures and snow showers occurred in Southern Utah as well, with The San Juan Record in Monticello reporting below-zero temperatures in its Jan. 6, 1949, issue. Photo shows piles of snow in Vernal in 1949.
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Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company formed 1964 - Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company was founded in 1964 by two Utah women, Joan Woodbury and Shirley Ririe, who were both professors of dance at the University of Utah. Over the years, the company has grown from its beginning as a local entity into an internationally renowned contemporary dance company that has performed in every U.S. state and many locations outside the country.
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1946-1970 Glen Canyon Dam completed 1963 - Three years after the first concrete was poured on June 16, 1960, the Glen Canyon Dam was topped out on Sept. 13, 1963. While the dam was located 15 miles north of Lee’s Ferry in Arizona in the Colorado River gorge, the reservoir of water that built up behind the dam went on to become one of Utah’s most popular recreational sites. Lake Powell, a 180-mile-long reservoir, took 17 years to fill completely and is the second-largest artificial lake in the United States. Today, millions of people visit the lake each year. The dam was dedicated on Sept. 22, 1966 — more than three years after the lake waters began to rise — by First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson.
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World’s first KFC opens 1952 - The world’s first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened in Salt Lake City in 1952. Harland Sanders developed his secret recipe for fried chicken in 1940 while opening a motel and restaurant in North Carolina, and Peter Harman made a deal with Sanders to open a franchise of Sanders’ restaurant in Utah. The first KFC opened at 3890 S. State; the original building was torn down in 2004 and a new one built in its place. Photo shows Peter Harman and Harland Sanders. - Information from onlyinyourstate.com
Flooding in Vernal, Manila 1962 - On June 16, 1962, Ashley Creek and other streams in the Manila and Vernal areas flooded after three days of intense snowfall on thick snowpack above 9,200 feet elevation. Seven died and damage reached $814,000.
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Flaming Gorge Dam construction 1958 - The construction of Flaming Gorge Dam began in June of 1958 as part of the Colorado River Storage Project. The 502 foot-high, thin-arch concrete dam is located on the Green River in northeastern Utah about 32 miles downstream from the Utah-Wyoming border. Flaming Gorge Dam is one of the four units of the CRSP, which provides vital water storage and hydropower generation as well as many recreation benefits. The last bucket of concrete was placed on Nov. 15, 1962, and on Dec. 10, 1962, the waters of the Green River began filling the reservoir behind the dam. On Sept. 27, 1963, President John F. Kennedy initiated the first power generation at Flaming Gorge Power-
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plant. The dam was dedicated on Aug. 17, 1964, by former First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson. The photo shows Flaming Gorge Reservoir rising following the dam’s completion.
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1965 - Between 1965 and 1966, Utah’s population grew to surpass 1 million.
1961 - The Utah Shakespearean Festival was founded in Cedar City in 1961 by Fred C. Adams and presented its first season in 1962. Adams, an assistant professor of theater arts at Southern Utah University, convinced the local Lions Club to underwrite his plan to create a festival with $1,000, and a company of local residents and college students produced the first three plays on an outdoor platform. Today, the festival attracts more than 110,000 patrons each year who view performances in three different theaters during a 16-week season. In 2000, the festival was named recipient of the prestigious Tony Award for America’s Outstanding Regional Theatre. The festival’s name was changed in 2016 to Utah Shakespeare Festival. Photo shows Drew Moren (left) as Shylock and Gary Magnuson as Antonio in “The Merchant of Venice” in 1962.
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Canyonlands National Park formed 1964 - Proposals to form another national monument in Southern Utah were controversial at first, but opinions began to change in the 1950s when Arches National Monument Superintendent Bates Wilson started advocating for a new national park. Wilson led government officials on Jeep tours of the area, one of whom was Secretary of the Interior Stuart Udall. Udall returned to Congress and lobbied for the proposed park. On Sept. 12, 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a law establishing 257,640 acres as Canyonlands National Park. Congress expanded Canyonlands to its present size in 1971.
1963 - In 1963, Ballet West was established in Salt Lake City by co-founders Willam F. Christensen and Glenn Walker Wallace. In 1951, Christensen had established the first ballet department in an American university at the University of Utah; this program grew into the Utah Civic Ballet, Ballet West’s first incarnation. Photo shows Ballet West dancer Catherine Scott during a performance of the “Nutcracker” ballet in the main lobby of the Hotel Utah during the Christmas season of 1979.
Weber State awards first baccalaureate degree
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1964 - Weber State University — then Weber State College — awarded its first baccalaureate degree in 1964. The Ogden institution was founded in 1889 as Weber Stake Academy and was made a state junior college in 1933. In 1991, it was formally made a university. Photo shows buildings at Weber State in January 1964
Repertory Dance Theatre formed 1966 - In 1966, Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre was founded with help from Virginia Tanner. It is now the oldest and most successful repertory dance company in the country and presents a diverse range of modern dance styles.
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Virgin River floods 1966 - Severe floods occurred in parts of southwestern Utah Dec. 5-6, 1966, as a result of from 1 inch to 12 inches of precipitation falling Dec. 3-6. The Virgin River experienced its greatest flood since the first settlers arrived in 1860. The flooding caused $1.4 million in damages.
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Salt Palace completion 1969 - The Salt Palace, a 10,725-seat venue, opened in the summer of 1969 in downtown Salt Lake City at a cost of $17 million. The Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association played there from 1970 to 1975. The Salt Palace was also home to the Salt Lake Golden Eagles hockey club from 1969 to 1991 and the Utah Jazz NBA basketball team from 1979 to 1991. The Salt Palace was demolished in 1994.
1970 - On June 10, 1970, the Los Angeles Stars, a franchise operating as part of the American Basketball Association, announced that it was moving to Salt Lake City, where it would become known as the Utah Stars. The team’s first game in Salt Lake City was played on Oct. 14, 1970, in the Salt Palace in front of a sold-out crowd. The Stars won against the Denver Rockets 134-99. In 1971, the Stars played in the ABA Championship Series, eventually winning the title in a game against the Kentucky Colonels held at the Salt Palace on May 18, 1971. Money issues experienced by the team owner brought the Stars franchise to an end on Dec. 2, 1975. - From remembertheaba.com
Golden Spike park authorized 1965 - The location at Promontory Summit in Box Elder County where the Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad met to form the first Transcontinental Railroad in May of 1869 was authorized for federal ownership and administration by an act of Congress on July 30, 1965. It was named the Golden Spike National Historic Site. The site was redesignated as a national historic park in 2019 and is now known as the Golden Spike National Historic Park. Shown in the photo is the centennial anniversary of the railroad’s completion ceremony in 1969.
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1971-1995 Utah company to build solid rocket booster for space shuttle 1974 - In 1974, ATK (then known as Morton Thiokol) was awarded the contract to build and test the reusable solid rocket boosters for the NASA Space Shuttle program. The first static (fixed to the ground and not moving) test firing of an SRB occurred on July 18, 1977, near Brigham City. The motor ran for about two minutes in what observers described as a “near-perfect” test. This photo shows the test firing of a Solid Rocket Booster at Thiokol’s testing ground in 1978.
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I-15 completed through Virgin River Gorge 1973 - Construction of Interstate 15 through the Virgin River Gorge southwest of St. George was completed in December of 1973, creating an important link for drivers traveling from Utah to Las Vegas. At the time of its completion, the road was the most expensive piece of rural freeway in the country, costing about $10 million per mile. Photo shows ongoing construction through the gorge in 1972.
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Utah Opera’s first production 1978 - Utah Opera presented its first production, Puccini’s “La Boheme,” in 1978. The organization has since grown to entertain an audience of more than 150,000 annually. In 2002, Utah Opera merged with the Utah Symphony to form Utah Symphony | Utah Opera.
Provo Temple dedicated 1972 - Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Provo Utah Temple on Feb, 9, 1972.
Ted Bundy kills Utah victims 1974 - Ted Bundy, one of the most notorious serial killers in the United States, was accepted at the University of Utah Law School in August of 1974 and moved to Salt Lake City. In the months following, several young women in Utah disappeared. On the evening before his execution, Bundy confessed to eight murders in Utah and 22 murders in six other states. The actual number of murders he committed, however, is suspected to be much higher. He was executed on Jan. 24, 1989, in Florida.
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Arrival of the Utah Jazz 1979 - After five years in New Orleans, the New Orleans Jazz, a National Basketball Association team, was struggling financially. Its owners decided to move the team to Salt Lake City, where it became known as the Utah Jazz. The team first played its games in the Salt Palace. Since 1991, the Utah Jazz has played in Vivint Arena. The Jazz was one of the least successful teams in the league in its early years. Although 10 seasons elapsed before the Jazz qualified for its first playoff appearance in 1984, the team did not miss the playoffs again until 2004. During the late 1980s, John Stockton and Karl Malone arose as the franchise players for the team and formed one of the most famed point guard/power forward duos in NBA history. Led by coach Jerry Sloan, who took over for Frank Layden in 1988, the Jazz became one of the powerhouse teams of the 1990s, culminating in two NBA Finals appearances in 1997 and 1998, where the team lost both times to the Chicago Bulls. - From sportsteamhistory.com
1974 - Five people were tortured and three killed at the Ogden Hi-Fi Shop on April 22, 1974. William Andrews and Pierre Dale Shelby, airmen at Hill Air Force Base, were convicted of the murder of two men and one woman during a robbery at the shop where five people were bound, forced to drink a liquid drain cleaner and then shot. Two men survived. Shelby, who admitted shooting all five bound victims in the head, was executed by lethal injection in August of 1987 at the Utah State Prison. Andrews was executed by lethal injection at the prison on July 30, 1992.
St. George Temple rededicated 1975 - Spencer W. Kimball, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1973 to 1985, rededicated the St. George Utah Temple on Nov. 11, 1975, after the building was remodeled. The temple was originally dedicated on April 6, 1877, and was the church’s first temple completed in Utah.
Logan Temple rededicated 1979 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Spencer W. Kimball rededicated the Logan Utah Temple on March 13, 1979, after the building was renovated. The temple was originally dedicated on May 17, 1884
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First Stadium of Fire 1980 - The First Stadium of Fire was held at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo in July of 1980. The event has continued each July with the exception of 2020 when it was rescheduled due to COVID-19. Held as part of America’s Freedom Festival at Provo, the Stadium of Fire has featured talent including the Osmonds, Bob Hope, The Beach Boys, Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight, Reba McEntire, Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis and the News, Brad Paisley, Kelly Clarkson and Journey. It also features the largest stadium fireworks show in the nation.
Beginning of WordPerfect Corp. 1980 - Alan Ashton and Bruce Bastian formed Satellite Software International in 1980 and began to sell WordPerfect 1.0. By the end of 1980, the company had 16 employees and the pair had hired W.E. “Pete” Peterson to serve as an office manager and organize the company’s books. Peterson was given a tie-breaking 0.2 percent stake in SSI, while Bastian and Ashton each kept a 49.9 percent interest in the company. By 1986, WordPerfect had become the nation’s best-selling word-processing software and the company changed its name to WordPerfect Corporation in April of 1986. A 200-acre orchard in Orem was developed into a campus for the company. WordPerfect’s annual sales rose from $196 to more than $500 million between 1988 and 1990. At the same time, the number of WordPerfect’s worldwide users rose from 2 to 7 million, and the company’s workforce expanded nearly fourfold from 1,110 to 4,000. By 1990, the company had grown into one of the world’s largest PC software companies. - Information from fundinguniverse.com
1977 - Gary Gilmore was executed by a firing squad in Utah in 1977 for the shooting death two years earlier of Provo motel clerk Bennie Bushnell. Gilmore also was charged with capital murder — though never tried — in the killing of Brigham Young University law student Max Jensen, a part-time Orem gas station attendant, the night before the Bushnell murder. Gilmore was the first person executed after a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowed states to restore the death penalty in 1976 after a 10-year moratorium. Gilmore’s story was the subject of the Norman Mailer book “The Executioner’s Song,” which was later made into a movie starring Tommy Lee Jones as Gilmore.
Saltair reopens and is flooded 1981 - Saltair was reconstructed in 1981 about a mile west of the original site using salvaged aircraft hangar parts. A few months after its opening, the waters of the Great Salt Lake flooded the facility. The new Saltair remained flooded for several years, then the lake waters receded until the resort was left high and dry. - From thesaltair.com
Jordan River Temple dedicated 1981 - President Marion G. Romney, a counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Jordan River Utah Temple on Nov. 16, 1981.
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Damaging floods of 1983 1893 - An abnormally large snowpack in the mountains, lower-than-normal temperatures in the spring, and rain and above-normal temperatures in May and June of 1983 combined to cause rapid melting of the snow and record streamflows out of the mountains. Flooding caused considerable damage between Salt Lake City and North Ogden; a presidential disaster was declared and damage was estimated at $621 million. In Salt Lake City, to control the runoff, water was directed down State Street in the downtown area, turning the major thoroughfare into a river. Photo shows the water flowing on State Street in downtown Salt Lake City in 1983.
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1971-1995 27 die in Wilberg Coal Mine fire 1984 - On Dec.19, 1984, a fire broke out in one of the underground sections of the Wilberg Coal Mine near Orangeville, resulting in the death of 27 miners. A report to Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch stated the primary cause of the fire was failure to repair or remove an unsafe air compressor. The fire started in the area of the air compressor and dense smoke and toxic gases rapidly filled escapeways.
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Mudslide causes Thistle flood 1983 - Over the course of several days in April of 1983, a massive mudslide in Spanish Fork Canyon blocked the Spanish Fork River, causing water to build up and inundate the small community of Thistle. Workers desperately tried to keep U.S. Highway 6 and a track of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad open, but the slide was too big. Thistle residents were ordered to evacuate and most homes were covered with water. Tunnels to divert the river water and create a new route for the railroad were quickly bored, and the lake was drained. The highway was rerouted over Billies Mountain. The town, however, was destroyed.
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Fire at USU’s Old Main 1983 - On Dec. 19, 1983, a fire began in the attic of the north wing of Old Main on the campus of Utah State University. Firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to the rest of the historic building, but the water caused extensive damage to the northern part of the building. Old Main was restored with the entire interior being renovated to create more offices and classrooms.
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1985 - In June of 1985, Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, then a member of the Church’s First Presidency, rededicated the Manti Utah Temple following a renovation of the building. The temple was originally dedicated on May 21, 1888.
Hit movie “Footloose” released after being filmed in Utah 1984 - The hit movie “Footloose,” starring Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest, was released on Feb. 17, 1984. This story of a teenager who moves to a small town where dancing is banned was filmed at locations throughout Utah County including Payson High School, the Lehi Roller Mills, the Provo Hi-Spot and the American Fork Presbyterian Church. Photo shows star Kevin Bacon with the Payson High School cheerleading squad.
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1971-1995 Mark Hofmann bombings 1987 - In January of 1987, Mark Hofmann pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the bombing deaths of Steven F. Christensen and Kathleen Webb Sheets. Hofmann, a forger of historic documents — including documents purported to be related to the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — planted the bombs when his forgery scheme began unraveling. Hofmann was injured when a third bomb he had built detonated, making his a suspect in the other bombings.
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BYU wins NCAA national football championship 1984 - In the 1984 football season, Brigham Young University played in the Western Athletic Conference without any specific access to the big bowl games. The Cougars, who had moved into the No. 1 spot in the polls late in the year, were 12-0 going into the Holiday Bowl, and a victory over a 6-5 Michigan would likely assure the program a national title. It was a sloppy game in San Diego, with six BYU turnovers and BYU quarterback Robbie Bosco hobbled by a knee injury. Despite these setbacks, Bosco led the Cougars to two fourth quarter touchdowns, including what would prove to be the game-winning scoring pass to running back Kelly Smith with 1:23 to play. Defensive back Marv Allen clinched the 24-17 win with an interception. As the only undefeated team left in college football, voters rewarded BYU with its only football national championship. Photo shows Bosco throwing the game-winning pass to Smith during the 1984 Holiday Bowl.
Bountiful temple dedicated 1995 - Howard W. Hunter, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1994 to 1995, dedicated the Bountiful Utah Temple Jan. 8-14, 1995.
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Festival given Sundance name 1991 - In 1991, Utah’s world-renowned film festival was officially named the Sundance Film Festival after actor Robert Redford’s character “The Sundance Kid” in the movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” The festival was founded in 1978 in Salt Lake City as the Utah Film Festival with Redford serving as its chair. In 1981, the festival was moved to Park City, the dates were changed from September to January (with the hope that the skiing in Park City would help attract even more crowds to the growing festival) and the name was changed to the U.S. Film and Video Festival. In 1984, the Sundance Institute took over management of the festival. Today, the Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival held in the United States with more than 120,000 attending annually. - From sundancefestival.net
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Delta Center Opens 1991 - The Delta Center arena opened on Oct. 7, 1991, in downtown Salt Lake City after just 15 months and 24 days of construction and at a cost of $66 million. The building was known as EnergySolutions Arena beginning Nov. 20, 2006, and was renamed Vivint Smart Home Arena as part of a 10-year agreement announced on Oct. 26, 2015. The arena dropped “Smart Home” from its name as of 2020. The arena has served as home to the Utah Jazz NBA basketball team since 1991. The building has played host to the 1993 NBA All-Star Weekend, two NBA Finals and the 1999 U.S. Figuring Skating Championships as well as figure skating and short track speed skating during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The arena has featured some of the biggest names in the music world, with the three largest concert draws in the arena’s history being multiple night sellouts for Garth Brooks, U2 and the Rolling Stones. - From vivintarena.com
1984 - On July 24, 1984, brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty went into their brother Allen Lafferty’s home in American Fork and sliced Allen’s wife Brenda Lafferty’s throat and her 1-year-old daughter’s throat with a boning knife. Ron Lafferty was convicted of the slayings by juries in 1988 and 1996, and he was sentenced to death by firing squad after the second conviction. He died of natural causes in 2019. Dan Lafferty was sentenced to life imprisonment for the same murders. The two brothers, who had established their own small cult, cited divine revelation as the reason for the murders, but prosecutors said Ron Lafferty was mad at the woman for helping his wife as she was divorcing him.
Space Shuttle explodes 1986 - The nation was horrified on Jan. 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its flight, killing the seven astronauts on board, including high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, who had been chosen as the first private citizen to fly aboard a shuttle. McAuliffe was to have performed experiments that would be used in educating America’s students. The cause of the explosion was later determined to be an O-ring failure in the right solid rocket booster, with cold weather determined to be a contributing factor. Engineers at Morton Thiokol in Utah, where the solid rocket boosters were manufactured, warned of the danger before the launch, but the launch proceeded anyway. Picture shows the Challenger crew.
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Tuacahn Amphitheater opens 1995 - In the spring of 1995, Tuacahn Amphitheatre opened its doors in Ivins with its first musical theater production “Utah!” This open-air amphitheater seats 1,920 and is surrounded by breathtaking red rock cliffs. Since its opening, Tuacahn has produced more than 60 major musical productions and hosted more than 200 concerts.
Beginning of Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre 1992 - Operatic tenor and Logan native Michael Ballam had a dream of creating an opera festival in his hometown, and in 1992, that dream came true when he founded the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre. The festival presented its first performance in 1993 and continues to present operas and musicals in repertory each summer. Shows are presented in the Ellen Eccles Theatre in downtown Logan, a historic theater that was restored after nearly being torn down. It reopened Jan. 8, 1993. Photo shows cast members from Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s 2015 production of “Man of La Mancha.” Pictured (from top) are cast members Michael Ballam, Jessica Medoff and W. Lee Daily.
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1989 - Electrochemist Martin Fleischmann and his partner Stanley Pons announced in March of 1989 that they had achieved fusion, the nuclear process that heats the sun, at the University of Utah. The reaction they reported occurred at room temperature and appeared to give off little radiation. The announcement in Salt Lake City raised the hope of a shortcut to fusion as a clean, renewable and cheap energy source. Other scientists, however, were unable to replicate the achievement, and “cold fusion” was quickly labeled junk science. Fleischmann and Pons were accused of incompetence and fraud. They continued to work on — and defend — their findings, but they were disheartened by the way their work was ignored by scientists after the debacle of 1989. Photo is of Martin Fleischmann.
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Fort Douglas in SLC Closes 1991 - Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City was officially closed in 1991, with most of its buildings turned over to the University of Utah. Camp Douglas was established in October 1862 as a small military garrison about three miles east of Salt Lake City for the purpose of protecting the overland mail route and telegraph lines along the Central Overland Route. In 1878, the post was renamed Fort Douglas. During World War I, the fort was used as an internment camp for Germans living in the United States and also to house German naval prisoners of war. During
World War II, the fort served as an Army base. The fort was officially closed Oct. 26, 1991, and most of the buildings were turned over to the University of Utah. A small section of the original fort is used by the Army Reserve and includes the Fort Douglas Military Museum. During the 2002 Winter Olympics, much of the fort was used as part of the Olympic Village for the participating athletes. Photo shows construction work on new barracks buildings at Fort Douglas in 1917. - From military.wikia.org
Thanksgiving Point founded 1995 - Thanksgiving Point, a nonprofit farm, garden and museum complex in Lehi, was founded in 1995 by Alan and Karen Ashton. Since then, Thanksgiving Point has grown in size and scope to include a working farm, Ashton Gardens, the Museum of Natural History, the Butterfly Biosphere, the Museum of Ancient Life — which houses the world’s largest display of mounted dinosaurs — and other features such as a golf course, movie theater and restaurants.
SLC chosen to host Olympics 1995 - On June 16, 1995, the International Olympic Committee announced that Salt Lake City had been chosen to host the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
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1996-2020 Population growth 1996 - Utah’s population rose to over 2 million in 1996. Nearly every county in the state saw a population increase between 1995 and 1996, with Washington County experiencing the largest net in-migration (3,456 people).
Controversial monument designated 1996 - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was designated by U.S. President Bill Clinton on Sept. 18, 1996. The monument encompassed nearly 2 million acres in Southern Utah. The monument contained a wide variety of geological treasures including slot canyons, monoliths, natural bridges and arches. Due to its remote location and rugged landscape, the monument was one of the last places in the continental United States to be mapped. From its beginning, the monument was controversial, with some local officials objecting to its creation. Utah’s congressional delegation and governor were notified of the declaration only 24 hours in advance. The declaration ceremony was held at the Grand Canyon in Arizona rather than in Utah.
I-15 reconstruction begins 1997 - In April of 1997, work began on the reconstruction of Interstate 15 through the Salt Lake City metropolitan area in preparation for the city hosting the 2002 Winter Olympics. The $1.63 billion project included the reconstruction of 16.2 miles of the main freeway and the addition of new general purpose lanes and high-occupancy vehicle lanes. More than 130 bridges were reconstructed along with seven urban interchanges and three major junctions with other interstate highways, including I-80 and I-215. A region-wide advanced traffic management system was also put in place as part of the project. The project was completed in July of 2001.
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Sesquicentennial celebration 1997 - Throughout 1997, Utah celebrated the sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary of the Mormon pioneers arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. A group re-enacted the trek of the pioneers across the plains, leaving from Omaha, Nebraska, on April 21. They were greeted on July 22 at This is the Place State Park in Salt Lake City by Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and thousands of spectators. Many other events took place during the year; on July 24 and 25, spectators filled the football stadium at Brigham Young University for the Sesquicentennial Spectacular. Photo shows the spectacular underway at BYU.
Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple dedicated 1996 - Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995 to 2008, dedicated the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple on Oct. 13, 1996.
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Destructive tornado hits SLC 1999 - On Aug. 11, 1999, an F2 tornado touched down in the metropolitan area of Salt Lake City in the early afternoon. The tornado lasted 10 minutes. From 300 South/1040 West, the tornado tracked northeast, producing widespread damage at the Delta Center, including the destruction of one of the large outdoor tents set up for the Outdoor Retailers Convention. The collapse of the large tent facility killed one man: Allen Crandy. The tornado also damaged the Wyndham Hotel, which had to be closed for several days until the damage could be repaired. From the Wyndham Hotel, the tornado continued its northeast track, knocking down scaffolding and shearing off a crane at the construction site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ new Conference Center. Next, it went up Capitol Hill and along the southeast side of the capitol, through Memory Grove and up along the northwest portion of the Avenues, barely missing the LDS Hospital. It then lifted off the ground at about Edge Hill/Terrace Hill (20th Avenue and P Street). Along its path through the Avenues, houses experienced from minor to major damage, with hundreds of trees either uprooted or damaged. Throughout much of the tornado’s destructive path, vehicles were tossed around and many were damaged or totaled by falling trees. In addition to the one death, the tornado injured more than 80 people and caused more than $170 million in damages. It was the most destructive tornado in Utah’s history. Photo shows bystanders surveying tornado damage at the Delta Center.
Light rail opens in Salt Lake County 1999 - On Dec. 4, 1999, the first segment of TRAX, a light rail system in Salt Lake County, opened its first segment, connecting riders from Salt Lake City to Sandy. Today, TRAX features three lines: the Blue Line from Draper to Salt Lake City, the Red Line from South Jordan to the University of Utah, and the Green Line from West Valley to the Salt Lake International Airport, for a total 42.5 miles of line and 50 stations.
1998 – In November of 1998, it was reported that evidence indicated the Salt Lake Olympic Committee was paying tuition for the child of an International Olympic Committee member. This was the beginning of a scandal in which IOC members were accused of taking gifts from the SLOC while the SLOC was bidding to secure the Winter Olympic Games for Salt Lake City. The allegations resulted in the expulsion of several IOC members. Several members of the SLOC resigned due to the allegations. Mitt Romney, founder and CEO of Bain Capital and who currently represents Utah in the U.S. Senate, was brought in to head the SLOC. – From wikipedia.org
Shooting spree at KSL building 1999 - On Jan. 14, 1999, at about 3:15 p.m., a woman entered the lobby of the Triad Center, a downtown Salt Lake City office building housing KSL television and radio stations, and demanded to speak to a reporter. When her request was denied, she brandished a 9 mm handgun and began firing shots in the lobby, injuring the building’s manager. The woman then made her way to other areas of the building, riding an elevator to the upper floors and fatally shooting Anne Sleater, 30, in the fourth-floor offices of AT&T Wireless Services. Sleater’s co-worker then tackled and disarmed the woman. Police took the woman, De-Kieu Duy, 24, into custody. She was later judged to be mentally unfit to stand trial.
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Salt Lake City hosts 2002 Winter Olympic Games 2002 - The opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics was held Feb. 8, 2002, at the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium and included a welcome by U.S. President George W. Bush and the presentation of an American flag found in the ruins of the World Trade Center following the terrorist attacks of 2001. Team USA went on to claim 34 medals (12 golds, 16 silvers, seven bronzes), just one behind overall winner Germany. American Kelly Clark was the first to grab a gold medal for the U.S., winning the women’s half-pipe snowboarding final at Park City. Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze won the gold in pairs figure skating over favored Canadian pair Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, sparking a controversy as some argued the Canadians skated better. Five days later, it was decided to also award gold medals to Sale and Pelletier. Also in skating, Timothy Goebel landed a quadruple salchow, the first ever landed in Olympic history and completed by an American. Apolo Anton Ohno cruised to gold in the men’s 1,500 when the lead skater from Korea was disqualified. After finishing fourth in the short program, figure skater Sarah Hughes landed seven triple jumps in the long program to take the gold over skater Michelle Kwan.
2002 - Early in the morning on June 5, 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her bedroom in her family’s Salt Lake City home. Her younger sister, who shared the bedroom with Elizabeth, pretended to be asleep as a man threatened to harm Elizabeth if she didn’t remain quiet. Thousands of volunteers turned out to search the foothills above the city for any clues as to the girl’s disappearance. Local businesses donated batteries, food and bottled water for the searchers. During the summer, the family held twice-daily news briefings to keep the case in the public spotlight. Police eventually followed up on more than 16,000 leads as part of the investigation.
Genesis crashes in west desert 2004 - The Genesis space capsule, which had orbited the sun for more than three years in an attempt to find clues to the origin of the solar system, crashed on Sept. 8, 2004, at U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground after its parachute failed to deploy.
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Elizabeth Smart found 2003 - Nine months after being abducted from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, teenager Elizabeth Smart was found alive on March 12, 2003, in Sandy when police received tips from people who saw a man and two women and thought they recognized the man as the suspect in the case. Sandy police officers found Smart by the side of a road with Brian David Mitchell, who once did work at the Smarts’ home, and Wanda Barzee. A witness at the time described the man with Smart as “transient”-looking and the two women as wearing long clothing and face coverings. Mitchell was eventually sentenced to life in prison. Barzee was sentenced to 15 years in prison; she was released from prison in 2018 following an announcement that Utah authorities had miscalculated her sentence and she would be freed about six years earlier than expected.
Shooting at Family History Library 1999 - Just before 10:30 a.m. on April 15, 1999, a mentally unstable 71-year-old gunman opened fire inside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ main Family History Library located across the street from Temple Square in Salt Lake City. Killed were 62-year-old security guard Donald Thomas of West Jordan and 55-year-old library patron Patricia Irene Frengs of Pleasant Hills, California. Three other people and one police officer were injured. The gunman was killed during a standoff with police.
Geneva Steel shuts down 2002 - Geneva Steel ended its operations in November of 2002. The plant was then dismantled, with about 250,000 tons of scrap sent to other steel mills to be melted down and turned into new steel. Three blast furnaces standing about 200 feet tall were brought down with explosives.
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Utah’s first female Governor 2003 - Utah Governor Mike Leavitt resigned from his position to serve as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Lt. Governor Olene Walker was sworn in as Utah’s first female governor on Nov. 5, 2003.
Monticello temple dedicated 1998 - Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Monticello Utah Temple on July 26, 1998. After the temple was enlarged, he rededicated it Nov. 17, 2002.
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1996-2020 Houses collapse as rivers flood 2005 - Several weeks of heavy storms caused significant flooding along the Santa Clara and Virgin rivers in January 2005, killing one person who was trapped in a vehicle near Quail Creek Reservoir. Ash Creek, normally dry and three feet wide, became a torrent 300 feet wide in places. Homes were damaged and destroyed, including several homes near the Santa Clara River that collapsed as the river shifted its course. Damage was estimated at $300 million and a presidential disaster was declared.
Professional soccer comes to Utah 2004 - In July of 2004, Salt Lake City was awarded an expansion team for the 10th Major League Soccer season. This club would become MLS’s 12th organization; in October of 2004, the franchise was named Real Salt Lake. The soccer team played its first match on April 2, 2005, against the New York/New Jersey MetroStars at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. The game ended as a scoreless draw. RSL’s first home match was on April 16, 2005, against the Colorado Rapids. RSL won 1-0. - From rsl.com
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Construction begins on FrontRunner commuter train 2005 - In 2005, the Utah Transit Authority began construction on its first commuter rail system, FrontRunner. The rail service opened in April of 2008 and offered highspeed rail service along a 44-mile stretch between Weber County and downtown Salt Lake City. In 2012, UTA expanded the FrontRunner system to serve Utah County for a total of 89 miles of commuter rail.
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Utah’s largest wildfire burns 2007 - The largest wildfire in Utah history was sparked by lightning on July 6, 2007. The Milford Flat fire burned more than 363,000 acres in Milford and Beaver counties. Smoke caused wrecks on Interstate 15, including one that resulted in the deaths of two motorcyclists, and some stretches of the freeway had to be closed. At one point, it was listed by the National Interagency Coordination Center as the nation’s largest active burn. Photo shows the Milford Flat fire burning near the interchange of I-15 and I-80 on July 8, 2007.
River flooding causes widespread damage 2006 - The flooding of the Escalante River in 2006 resulted in widespread destruction of most of the roads in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Hundreds of people were stranded during the flooding in many of the national parks and monuments. Many roads remained unrepaired for up to five years. The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was closed to visitors. The rainfall and runoff from this event caused Lake Powell to rise by 5 feet. Hanksville was also heavily damaged and irrigation systems were destroyed.
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1996-2020 Trolley Square shooting 2007 - On Feb. 12, 2007, a man entered the Trolley Square mall in Salt Lake City and began randomly shooting people, killing five and injuring several others. The shooter, Sulejmen Talovic, was an 18-year-old Bosnian immigrant who was carrying a shotgun and a .38-caliber pistol. Ken Hammond, an off-duty Ogden police officer, was at the mall and managed to distract the gunman while Salt Lake City officers positioned themselves and then shot Talovic, killing him.
Nine killed in mine collapse 2007 - Early in the morning on Aug. 6, 2007, the Crandall Canyon Mine in Huntington experienced a collapse so powerful that it registered as a 3.9-magnitude earthquake. It leveled a section of the mine as large as 63 football fields, killing six miners. Three rescuers were killed and several injured in a second collapse on Aug. 16 while they tried to tunnel their way to the missing men.
Successful landing of Stardust spacecraft
Susan Powell disappearance 2009 - Susan Powell disappeared from her home in West Valley City in December of 2009. Her husband, Josh Powell, claimed he didn’t know where she went, and said he had taken their boys, then 2 and 4, on a midnight camping trip in freezing weather. Powell moved his two boys into his father’s home in Puyallup, Washngton, a few weeks after his wife vanished. After investigators searched that home for evidence in their mother’s disappearance and found pornography, Powell’s father was arrested, and the state removed the boys from the house and placed them with Susan Powell’s parents, Charles and Judy Cox, who also lived in Puyallup. Powell’s father was later convicted of voyeurism and child pornography. On Feb. 5, 2012, a social worker brought the boys, then 7 and 5, to
2006 - The NASA Stardust spacecraft successfully landed in the Utah’s west desert on Jan. 15, 2006, becoming the first space probe to return tiny fragments from a comet that scientists believed could be the leftover building blocks of the solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago.
Draper temple dedicated 2009 - Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Draper Utah Temple on March 20, 2009. Photo courtesty of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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their dad’s rental house for what was supposed to be a supervised visit. Josh Powell locked the social worker out, then attacked the boys with a hatchet and set fire to the house. All three died. Photo shows a memorial at the boys school shortly after they died.
Provo Tabernacle burns 2010 - A raging fire gutted the historic Provo Tabernacle in the early morning hours of Dec. 17, 2010, causing an estimated $15 million in damage. Fire officials later determined an energized 300-watt bulb was left too close to combustible materials and ignited the fire. A final report on the fire blamed an inadequate notification system, the lack of an automatic sprinkler system, an additional fuel load brought in for a concert in the tabernacle, and repeated human error for the destructive scope of the blaze.
Oquirrh Mountain temple dedicated 2009 - Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple Aug. 21, 2009.
Payson temple dedicated 2015 - President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Payson Utah Temple on June 7, 2015.
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Brigham City temple dedicated 2012 - Boyd K. Packer, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Brigham City Utah Temple on Sept. 23, 2012.
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1996-2020 Flash floods kill 19 2015 - Flash floods in Southern Utah on Sept. 14. 2015, killed 19 people. Seven were hikers trapped in a narrow canyon in Zion National Park. Twelve others, including nine children, died in Hildale when two cars were swept downstream by raging waters; the body of a 6-year-old boy with the group has never been found.
Massive landslide at Bingham Canyon Mine 2013 - On April 10, 2013, the Bingham Canyon Mine, also known as Kennecott, produced the largest, non-volcanic landslide in the history of North America when 65 to 70 million cubic meters of dirt and rock thundered down the side of the pit. The event was large enough that seismic networks designed to record earthquakes detected the rumble of sliding debris. NASA photo shows the mine from space on May 2, 2013. An arrow indicates the location of the slide.
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Cedar City temple dedicated 2017 - President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Cedar City Utah Temple on Dec. 10, 2017.
Provo City Center temple dedicated 2016 - Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicated the Provo City Center Temple on Sunday, March 20, 2016.
Bears Ears National Monument created 2016 - In December of 2016, U.S. President Barak Obama designated 1.3 million acres in the Four Corners region as the Bears Ears National Monument despite the concerns of Republican leaders and many rural residents who said it would add another layer of unnecessary federal control and close the area to new energy development. The move was considered a victory for Native American tribes and conservationists as the designation protected land considered sacred and home to an estimated 100,000 archaeological sites, including ancient cliff dwellings.
Church severs ties with Boy Scouts of America 2018 - On May 8, 2018, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it would end its relationship with the Boy Scouts of America on Dec. 31, 2019. The church also announced it would replace all activity programs for children and youth starting in 2020. The church’s relationship with Scouting had spanned more than 100 years.
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Trump scales back national monuments 2017 - On Dec. 4, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was scaling back the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, declaring that “public lands will once again be for public use.” It was the first time in a half century that a president has undone these types of land protections. The move drew ire from environmental and tribal groups.
2020 - On March 6, 2020, the Utah Department of Health confirmed the first-known case of COVID-19 in Utah. The patient was believed to have been exposed to COVID-19 while on a cruise aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship. After returning to Utah, the patient visited their health care provider after developing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 infection. On March 6, it was reported by the UDOH that the patient was a resident of Davis County, older than 60 and recovering at home under a county-issued isolation order. The rest of March brought other developments: • On March 13, Gov. Gary Herbert announced a two-week “soft closure” of all Utah public schools beginning March 16 to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. School districts were given two days to make plans for instructing students by other means, including online learning. • On March 22, an unidentified Davis County man became Utah’s first death linked to the COVID-19 virus outbreak. • On March 25, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ announced all temples church-wide would shut down immediately to prevent further spread of COVID-19. • On March 27, Gov. Gary Herbert asked Utahns to stay home as much as possible. The directive, to be in place through April 13, was voluntary but highly encouraged.
No audience for General Conference 2020 - On April 4 and 5, the April General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was held without an audience in a small auditorium on Temple Square. Only the First Presidency and those invited to speak or pray attended. The music utilized during the conference was pre-recorded.
Saratoga Springs temple groundbreaking Deseret Peak temple announced
2019 - Ground was broken for the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple on Oct. 19, 2019, in Saratoga Springs. The temple is located at 897 S. Ensign Drive. Photo courtesty of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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2019 - In April of 2019, construction of the Deseret Peak Utah Temple (originally named the Tooele Valley Utah Temple) was announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Russell M. Nelson. The temple will be built in Tooele.
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Temple groundbreakings held Layton Temple
Orem Temple
Taylorsville Temple
Red Cliffs Temple
2020 - Ground was broken for the Layton Utah Temple on May 23, 2020, in Layton. The temple is located at the corner of Oak Hills Drive and Rosewood Lane. Ground was broken for the Orem Utah Temple on Sept. 5, 2020, in Orem. The temple is located at approximately 1471 S. Geneva Road (west of Interstate 15). Ground was broken for the Taylorsville Utah Temple on Oct. 31, 2020, in Taylorsville. The temple is located at located at 2603 W. 4700 South. Ground was broken for the Red Cliffs Utah Temple on Nov. 7, 2020, in St. George. The temple is located at 3000 E. 1580 South.
Syracuse temple announced
2020 - Winds of nearly 100 mph hit Northern Utah on Sept. 8, 2020, cutting off power to around 170,000 Utah utility customers, felling trees, damaging buildings and causing widespread school and other closures along the Wasatch Front. The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City said it recorded a wind gust of 97 mph in Farmington at 8:40 a.m., and strong winds caused damage from Salt Lake through Davis, Weber and Box Elder counties. U.S. 89 was closed in parts of Davis County due to downed power lines, and there were multiple closures on Interstate 15 from Salt Lake County all the way to the Idaho border and restricted semi travel in Davis, Weber and Box Elder counties. Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox said in a tweet that a state record 45 semis were overturned by the wind.
Lindon temple announced 2020 - In October of 2020, construction of a temple in Lindon was announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Russell M. Nelson. The Lindon Utah Temple will be built near 800 East and Center Street in Lindon.
2020 - In April of 2020, construction of a temple in Syracuse was announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Russell M. Nelson. The Syracuse Utah Temple will be located at 2500 W. 1025 South in Syracuse.
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1996 - 2020 Vice-presidential debate held in Utah 2020 - The only U.S. vice presidential debate to held during the 2020 election was held on Oct. 7 at the University of Utah between Vice President Mike Pence and vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. An estimated 57.9 million people watched the debate, where one of the questions asked was submitted by Springville Junior High School eighth-grader Brecklynn Brown. Brecklynn’s question was part of an essay she wrote for a contest sponsored by the Utah Debate Commission and the Utah State Board of Education. Photo shows Brecklynn Brown.
Salt Lake Temple renovation announced 2019 - In April of 2019, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that the Salt Lake Temple would close on Dec. 29, 2019, to undergo a major structural and seismic renovation expected last about four years. The temple is expected to reopen in 2024 with a public open house.
First phase of new SLC airport opens 2020 - At 4 a.m. on Sept. 15, 2020, the first phase of the new Salt Lake City International Airport officially opened, including a new parking garage, gateway center, central terminal and Concourse A-west. Delta Air Lines occupied the 25 gates in Concourse A-west, including six international gates. On Oct. 27, Concourse B-west opened with 20 gates for Alaska, American, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest and United airlines. The opening came after six years of construction at the airport. More than 26 million passengers passed through the old SLC airport in 2019.
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Governor announces mask mandate for Utah 2020 - On Nov. 8, 2020, Gov. Gary Herbert announced a statewide mask mandate along with stricter limits on informal social gatherings as COVID-19 case counts rose in the state. Protestors gathered the next day outside Herbert’s Orem home to protest the mandate.
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