John S. McCormick Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 The settlement of Salt Lake City was not typical in many ways of the westward movement of settlers and pioneers in the United States. The people who founded the city in 1847 were Mormons, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They did not come as individuals acting on their …
The Beginnings of Commercial Aviation
Charles S. Davey History Blazer, November 1995 Airmail service in the United States began on May 15, 1918, over a single route between Washington, D. C., and New York City with a refueling stop in Philadelphia. From 1918 to 1920 routes were expanded to include Chicago, Cleveland, and Omaha. The last leg of what was developing into a transcontinental route …
Radio in Utah Began in May 1922 on Station KZN
Yvette D. Ison History Blazer, April 1995 Hello, hello, hello! This is KZN. KZN, the Deseret News, Salt Lake City calling. KZN calling! Greetings!” These were the first words spoken over Utah’s pioneer radio station on May 6, 1922. Though clumsy in his greeting, Nate Fullmer was no doubt too excited to notice what he said. The yearlong effort of …
Newsboys Claimed Their Street Corners in Downtown
Kent Powell History Blazer, March 1996 The sight of young boys selling newspapers on downtown Salt Lake City streets was a familiar one for much of the city’s history. As in cities all across America, the job of newspaper boy usually did not mean a set route with established customers who received the newspaper on their doorstep every morning or …