View Saltair: A Photographic Exhibit John S. McCormick Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 The Great Salt Lake has been a popular recreation site since the earliest days of white settlement, and a number of resorts have been built on its shores since the first two were constructed in 1870. The most popular and the best-remembered resort was the early Saltair. An …
The Hatchet is Buried, The Constitutional Convention is Called
Stanford J. Layton History Blazer, August 1995 The summer and fall of 1894 was a busy and eventful time for political developments in the march to Utah statehood. The Enabling Act, which in effect invited Utah to become a state by drafting an appropriate constitution, was passed by Congress on July 10 and signed by President Cleveland on July 16. …