Search results for: “Utah History”
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Did These Utah Multi-Level Marketing Companies Really Need Giant PPP Loans?
Utah multi-level marketing companies thrived during the pandemic, so why did they need PPP loans?
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Too Woke for Thanksgiving? Which Version of History Do You Observe?
Should we celebrate Thanksgiving? What version of history do you believe in? For me, it is a celebration of family and friends.
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History of Ogden’s 25th Street: Overcoming a Bad Rap
Historic 25th Street, aka Notorious Two Bit Street or Electric Alley, is the heart of the city, beating on for over a century through decades of being blighted by a…
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The Battle Over Utah’s Environment: Great Salt Lake Great No Longer?
Water is a huge issue facing the growing population in Utah. How we direct the use and conservation of our water will determine our future quality of life as the…
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Wallace Stegner’s Lasting Legacy at the University of Utah
Despite spending much of his adult life teaching creative writing at Harvard and Stanford universities, Stegner willed his entire collection of papers, letters, and other memorabilia to the University of…
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Did You Know that the Computer Graphics Revolution Began in Utah?
David Evans and Ivan Sutherland from the University of Utah used their math, physics and electrical engineering skills to revolutionize computer graphic imaging technology.
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The Story of Utah Lake: Murky and Misunderstood
Utah’s public has long considered Utah Lake to be highly polluted. Once known as the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi, it is surprising just how unpolluted what later…
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East African Goat Project of Utah: Refugee Kids Connecting with Their Heritage through Goat Husbandry
Many of the youth in the program were born in the United States or came to this country when they were very young. Oftentimes their parents, grandparents or other family…
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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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Lex Scott, the Founder of Black Lives Matter Utah, is Sick of Protesting
Lex Scott, the founder of Black Lives Matter Utah, is sick of protesting. She would prefer that we didn’t need a Black Lives Matter movement at all, but she isn’t…