Rebecca Phillips Guevara Beehive History 6 On the eve of her parents’ arrival in Irapuato, Mexico, on November 29, 1921, Guadalupe Otanez was born. Little Lupe had not been expected so soon. Her parents, Ramon and Josepha Otanez, had traveled from the Utah Salt Flats to their native Mexico for the event. They stayed there until Lupe was six months …
Saltair Village Was a Unique Place to Live
Becky Bartholomew History Blazer, February 1996 At the turn of the century a dozen companies mined salt on Great Salt Lake’s south shore. The Royal Crystal plant stood a mile east and a little south of Saltair Beach Resort. The plant, previously owned by both the Intermountain Salt and Inland Crystal companies, was later acquired by Morton Salt. Before automobiles …