Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Where is Salt Lake City, Utah, USA? Salt Lake City, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Utah.
The city was founded in 1847 by Brigham Young, Isaac Morley, George Washington Bradley and several other Mormon followers, who extensively irrigated and cultivated the arid valley. Due to its proximity to the Great Salt Lake, the city was originally named "Great Salt Lake City"—the word "great" was dropped from the official name in 1868 by the 17th Utah Territorial Legislature.Wikipedia
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Lion House, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Salt Lake City and Wasatch Mountains from Airplane, Looking East
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1856 - June 9 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.historyorb.com
June 9, 1856
Salt Lake City - Travel Thru History
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1871 - Growing like a weedSalt Lake City has gained more than 5,000 inhabitants since the year 1860.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 7, 1871
1876 - ExplosionFour powder magazines, with many tons of powder, exploded at the arsenal at Salt Lake City, on the...Read MORE...
1889 - George Q. Cannon announced in Salt Lake City on the 8th that the total Mormon population was 153,911.St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 13, 1889
1893 - April 6 – The iconic Salt Lake City Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated after 40 years of construction.www.wikipedia.org
April 6, 1893
1901 - Salt Lake City - The Desert that has Blossomed as the Rose by James Edward Talmage
Long before the first settlement, little more than fifty years ago, of the valley of the Great Salt ...Read MORE...
Long before the first settlement, little more than fifty years ago, of the valley of the Great Salt ...Read MORE...
1903 - SLEIGH NO MATCH FOR RAILROAD TRAIN - IS KNOCKED OFF THE TRACK AND ONE OF THE PARTY KILLED AND OTHERS HURT(By Associated Press)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 16. - A large double sleigh containing a party of ...Read MORE...
1906
Salt Lake City, capital of Utah and of Salt Lake co., the most important commercial city of the...Read MORE...
Salt Lake City, capital of Utah and of Salt Lake co., the most important commercial city of the...Read MORE...
1910 - FIRE IN SALT LAKE HOTEL. GUESTS OF WINDSOR DRIVEN TO STREETS.Flee In Various stages of undress poured out of the new Windsor hotel on Main Street at 5 o'clock...Read MORE...
1944 - March 14 - A single storm brought a record 21.6 inches of snow to Salt Lake City UT.
The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel
1960 - May 18 - Salt Lake City UT received an inch of snow. It marked their latest measurable snowfall of record.
WeatherForYou.com
WeatherForYou.com
1983 - June 12 - The state of Utah was besieged by floods and mudslides. Streets in downtown Salt Lake City were sandbagged and turned into rivers of relief. The town of Thistle was completely inundated as a mudslide made a natural dam. The Weather Channel
June 12, 1983
1999 - Tornado hit Salt Lake City downtown, caused over $100 million dollars of damage
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Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Dorothy Day MCDONELL
(Nov,18,1906, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - April ,16, 1998, Elk Grove, California, USA)
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Irene Kathryn WEIDNER
(31 October 1913 , Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - 3 June 1994 , Los Angeles, California, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
Daniel Dewey CORBETT
(16 May 1807, Strong, Maine, USA - 26 June 1892, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Warren John GEREAUX
(18 Sep 1925, Frankfort, Spink, South Dakota, USA - Aug 1997 , Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Harold Vernon HOISVE
(19 November 1910, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - 18 November 1971, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Delcena JOHNSON
(19 November 1806, Westford, Vermont, USA - 21 October 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Ester Melita JOHNSON
(12 January 1828, Pomfret, New York, USA - 15 March 1876, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Abraham L. KESCEL
(1861, , New York, USA - 24 March 1888, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Jean Francois Picotte De Bellestre/John D B MCDONELL
(27 February 1841, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada - 10 November 1920, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Leanora Rosella REYNOLDS
(22 February 1854, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA - 29 January 1933, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Marie RINDLISBACHER
(20 Apr 1939, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA - Nov 2002, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Mary Helena STEVENS
(11 September 1838, Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, USA - 11 April 1915, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Elaine Fay THOMPSON
(29 June 1919, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA (Wyben) - 15 March 2011, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Lillian WORTHINGTON
(12 September 1898, , Wales (United Kingdom) - 17 August 1997, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Edward Archibald GALBRAITH (04/12/1854 - 06/17/1928) &
Ann SHARP (20 July 1858 - 3 April 1942)
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