Miriam B. Murphy History Blazer, November 1996 During the copper strike of 1912 Utah Copper Company brought many Mexican and Mexican American strikebreakers to the Bingham mine. According to historian Vicente V. Mayer, most of them did not remain after the settlement of the strike. Company records reveal, though, that by 1918-19 large numbers of Spanish-surnamed individuals began to be …
German Heroes Immigrate to Utah
Kent Powell History Blazer, February 1996 During the 1950s nearly 4,500 Germans left their war-torn country and immigrated to Utah. Most were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and nearly all had family members or knew former missionaries in Utah who helped arrange for a place to stay and work once they arrived. All who left …