At Fort Douglas Military Cemetery, dead warriors rest in peace. Amongst the quiet rows are nine white grave markers with distinctly German names: Otto Bross … Ernst Fuchs … Gottfried Gagg ... They all have the same date of death—July 8, 1945. This is no coincidence. For the past seven decades these weathered tombstones have borne silent witness to a war crime committed in Utah. … [Read more...]
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Matt Warner: Utah’s Outlaw
Utah has produced some of the Wild West’s most prominent figures, from distinguished religious leaders such as Brigham Young, who led a Mormon exodus to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, to celebrated outlaws such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Long before statehood, Utah Territory was home to historic figures both famous and infamous. One of Utah’s genuine home … [Read more...]
What Your Walls May Hide
Sometimes Walls Can Talk On a cold winter day a handful of years ago, Tom McWhorter got out his tools for a wall demo project. Tom, a self-described remodeling artist by profession, has been slowly reshaping his Lake Street home’s interior not only to upgrade its functionality, but also to add architectural interest. He began carefully removing the original lath and p … [Read more...]
How Beer Saved Park City – Part I
Park City, UT, Main Street — On this balmy February day, moms with kids in tow are decked out in the latest in ski fashion. Couples pose for selfies, proud of their suntans. A few skiers on the hill make their way down the slopes. But the majority are here to shop, dine and enjoy the town. I visit probably the most famous bar in town,recently featured in Playboy Magazine—The … [Read more...]
Salt Lake Sonar
Exelis is a local Salt Lake City company that works with the U.S. Navy developing and manufacturing components used in submarine and surface ship sonar systems. How did a landlocked company form a Navy partnership? It all started in the 1950s. The company started out as King Laboratory. They manufactured “crystals” needed in the then-current sonar process. Salt Lake was pic … [Read more...]
Turkey Soup For The Soul
It was a gray November evening in a grey classroom painted by bright smiles. I was an ESL teacher for newly arrived immigrants, a role that encompassed both instructing English and serving as a gateway to an often confusing culture. As I started with my usual happy “Hello class!” and received the usual happy “Hello teacher!” I saw a confused look on the face of Mrs. Minh. “Te … [Read more...]
August Issue Introduction
About this issue: Willard Richards was a cousin of Brigham Young. He settled in Salt Lake City in 1847, and his farm was located on Main Street and South Temple. Richards was given the job to initiate a weekly publication called “The Deseret News”. The first issue in 1850 reported on the devastating San Francisco fire that, “threatened to leave the famous city in a heap … [Read more...]
The Ute Indians
A picture of life on the Fort Duchesne reservation in Roosevelt, Utah The Ute Indians of North Western Utah are the least-educated, poorest citizens in Utah. Most live off Government assistance and the dropout rate among their children is ninety-percent. This fact has caused them to be the poorest group of citizens in Utah. Not only are they poor and uneducated but they are a … [Read more...]