Utah History
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X96 Radio From Hell Show: Still Hell After All These Years
At 6 am every weekday morning for well over 10,000 mornings, the Radio From Hell Show with hosts Kerry Jackson, Bill Allred and Gina Barberi hits the airwaves of KXRK…
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A Brief History of the Great Salt Lake
From the 1880s to the 1950s, visitors and residents floated and swam in the Great Salt Lake. But due to years of dumping untreated sewage and wastewater into the lake,…
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Utes Used Psychedelics in Shamanic Rituals, but What Did They Eat?
We examined the practices of Native Americans in shamanic rituals, including their usage of psychedelics, but what did they eat?
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Utah’s Identity Crisis: Will Crony Capitalism Define Utah’s Future?
Utah has now more tech jobs per capita than any other state. Our educated workforce, strong family values, and comparatively cheap real estate have successfully landed big tech in little…
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Salt Lake’s Eclectic Past: Salt Lake’s Extensive History of Quarantining Its Residents
Stories and photos from the 1918 flu pandemic and previous disease outbreaks demonstrate that Salt Lake City actually has an extensive history of quarantining its residents.
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How Ogden got its name
Prior to the arrival of the Mormon pioneers, the Ogden Valley was recognized by Indians as a special place with abundant game. The first detailed descriptions of the area came…
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Grafton – A Silver Screen Ghost Town
Covered in dust and aged by tragedy, there’s an old town situated outside of Zion National Park. Now a ghost town, Grafton was repeatedly abandoned by Mormon settlers because of…
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Fringe Gambling in Utah- New Law Takes Another Swipe at a Persistent Pastime
Whether in the form of poker games in mining town saloons to less obvious games of chance such as church raffles, gambling has been a secret vice in Utah since…
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J. Willard Marriott Library invites Utahns to help preserve history of the pandemic
Whatever your experience during these difficult times, you are part of history and the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah wants to hear from you. The library…
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A Tale of Two Prisons: Construction of a modernized state penitentiary is underway almost 70 years after the closure of Utah’s first state prison in Sugar House
Nearly 70 years ago, Utah’s first state prison closed its doors and was transformed into the much-loved Sugar House Park. Construction is now underway on a new penitentiary that is…
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Utahns’ Love Affair with Cottonwood Canyon
The love affair with Cottonwood Canyon began long before the Mormon Pioneers settled Salt Lake City in 1847.
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Trappers and the Ogden Valley
“One hundred Cheyenne warriors, arrows drawn, fire in their eyes, riding on the fastest mustangs you ever did see were right on my heels! I could feel the ground rumble…