Thomas G. Alexander Utah, the Right Place Condensed by Brittany Nelson As Utahns struggled to make industrial and urban life more humane, the composition of its population changed rapidly. Although people of British ancestry remained the majority in the state, each train that pulled into the railroad stations of Utah’s major cities and mining centers seemed like a caricature of …
“Tieing” Utah Together: Railroad Tie Drives
Lyndia Carter History Blazer, July 1996 When the transcontinental railroad came to Utah and again as branch lines spread through the territory, a tremendous need for wood to tie the rails together emerged. Suitable wood was sparse, except in the Wasatch and Uinta mountains. Roads to the timbering areas were difficult to build and dangerous to use. Many accidents occurred …