In 1896, a grand reunion of the pioneers of 1847 was held at the Mormon Tabernacle on Temple Square. Those gathered shared many memories of a time when they had been forced to leave their homes and move across half a nation to make new homes in a challenging land. Seventeen hundred Latter-Day Saints entered […]
(1883) –Â (1957) Built by Salt Lake capital and Salt Lake workmen. Style of architecture: Moorish. Total cost: $600,000. Built on the waters of great salt lake, 4,000 feet from shore and resting on 5,000 ten-inch piling. Total length of buildings: 1,500 feet. Total width of buildings: 450 feet. Height from water to top of […]
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Grand Old ‘Lady Of The Lake’ 8th Wonder Of World Destroyed by $500,000 Blaze By Les Goates saltair, the grand old ‘Lady of the Lake’ and once acclaimed the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ now lives only in the preciousness of memory, the fond remembrance of thousands who enjoyed the classic recreation facility for some […]
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This article originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 1960 issue of the Pioneer By ILENE H. KINGSBURY The strangest, biggest, most famous lake after one leaves the Mississippi is the great salt lake of the Great Basin of North America, Out West it is a fact that water, not land, has always been our problem. In […]
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This article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 1971 edition of Pioneer Magazine 1883 – 1957 Built by Salt Lake capital and Salt Lake workmen. Style of architecture, Moorish. Total cost, $600,000. Built on the waters of great salt lake, 4,000 feet from shore and resting on 5,000 ten-inch piling. Total length of buildings, 1,500 feet. […]
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