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A parade was held on July 24, 1849, in Salt Lake City, long before Days of '47 became an official organization. Beginning in 1931, the "'Covered Wagon Days" parade became an annual event. Since the 1940s, the parade has been known by its current name.
The interior of the Salt Lake Tabernacle as decorated for the Deseret Sunday School Union's July 1875 Pioneer Day celebration. The earliest precursor to Pioneer Day celebrations in Utah occurred on July 24, 1849, [19] when the Nauvoo Brass Band led a commemoration of the second anniversary of the Latter-day Saints entering the Salt Lake Valley ...
Big Cottonwood Regional Park is a public park located around Holladay and Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah.It consists of three separate areas: Big Cottonwood Area (47.5 acres), Creekside Area (37.8 acres), and Holladay Lions Area (37.8 acres).
The Pioneer Memorial Museum is a history museum operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) on Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. [1] The museum hosts a large collection of artifacts related to the Mormon pioneers and early Utah, along with libraries containing pioneer biographies and photographs.
The Utah State Fair is held at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.The fairgrounds are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The fair takes place each year starting on the first Thursday after Labor Day and lasts for 11 days.
Utah's Hogle Zoo (/ ˈ h oʊ ɡ əl /) [7] is a 42-acre (17 ha) Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) accredited facility. . Located at the mouth of Salt Lake City's Emigration Canyon, Hogle Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the Intermountain West, and houses over 800 animals representing 139 speci
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah House speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Brad Wilson is the new CEO of the Utah Olympic organizing committee. The group, which is hosting the Winter Games in ...
The first few years of settlement, the relations were generally peaceful and some trading occurred. As the pioneers would settle the land beyond the Salt Lake Valley, the Native Americans became more displaced and tensions started to arise. [5] Although most conflicts were resolved peacefully, this was the start of the deterioration of the ...