Search results for: “pioneers”
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TEA TIME: Chinese Flavor at Hong Kong Teahouse
Hong Kong Teahouse and Restaurant may not be the shiniest new kid on the block in downtown SLC, but if you’re in the hunt for really good Cantonese cuisine and…
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Gold Prospecting in Utah: How to Find Gold in Utah’s Mountains
Gold is still being found in Utah due to the constant forces of erosion. Dan Bergquist has been an amateur prospector for 30 years. He explained that gold appears in…
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Five Things You May Not Know About Utah: Cultural Quirks and Fascinating Facts
Despite what you think you know about Utah, here are five things about Utah you may not know.
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Utah’s Top Five Strange Creature Encounters
Top five strangest sightings in Utah. We present to you the Top Five most Interesting “Monster/Creature” encounters in Utah.
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University of Utah: Home to the State Arboretum
The University of Utah is home to many things: a world-class cancer research center and hospital, a winning football team, and some of the top researchers in the country. But…
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Pioneer Day & Mormon Pioneer History (They Don’t Talk About)
Why Utahns celebrate Pioneer Day and the less known history of Mormon Pioneers coming to the Great Basin and forming a new state, Utah.
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Local Flavors: Utah Fab Farm to Fork Regional Restaurants
. It’s hard these days to find restaurants that don’t lay some sort of claim to farm to table or farm to fork cooking. Well, here are a handful in…
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Vanishing Farmland: Paradise Lost as Vital Farmland Gives Way to Development in Ogden Valley, Utah
“We are losing the most productive farmland in the state to development,” Utah Farm Bureau Federation President Ron Gibson said recently, referring to the fertile land that first attracted pioneers…
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Best Avocado Toast in Salt Lake
I must pay homage to the avocado toast producers for satisfying my craving for their green goodness despite the massive price hikes in avocados and their ever-diminishing margins.
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Utah’s Saints & Sinners
Reconciling the strange world of living in Utah as a “sinner” after leaving the LDS Church has been interesting.
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CAN A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION SAVE THE GREAT SALT LAKE?
On April 1 at Dugway to evaluate using a low-level underground nuclear explosion to collapse the fissure and save Great Salt Lake.