Thomas G. Alexander Utah, the Right Place Condensed by Brittany Nelson After the admission of Nevada to the Union in 1864 and Colorado in 1876, low population and political controversy kept Utah’s neighboring territories from statehood until 1889–90 when North and South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, and Idaho came in. Arizona and New Mexico had to wait until 1912 for …
Some 80 Utah Nurses Served in World War I
Miriam B. Murphy History Blazer, September 1995 A remarkable group of women left Utah in uniform during World War I. They were registered nurses who enlisted in the Army or Navy Nurse Corps and staffed medical facilities located primarily in France and on military bases in the United States. An estimated 80 RNs—perhaps one-fourth or more of all the RNs …
Salt Lake City Had its Typhoid Mary
Miriam B. Murphy History Blazer, April 1996 Salt Lake City was a hotbed for typhoid, as were many other US cities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. People would hunt, camp, picnic, and pollute near the seven mountains streams that provided the city with most of its water. Sheep and cattle would graze near the watershed, barnyards were …