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Downtown Salt Lake City circa 1913 Salt Lake City suburb, 1909 Armed delivery of liquor & beer, 1917. The Great Depression hit Salt Lake City especially hard. At its peak, the unemployment rate reached 61,500 people, about 36%. The annual per capita income in 1932 was $276, half of what it was in 1929, $537 annually. Jobs were scarce.
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census.
After arriving in Utah, Young founded Salt Lake City and established the State of Deseret before being appointed Utah's first territorial governor by President Millard Fillmore in 1850. As governor, Young allowed polygamy , supported slavery and its expansion into Utah , and led the efforts to legalize and regulate slavery in the 1852 Act in ...
The former ZCMI Center Mall in downtown Salt Lake City, 2004. Based in Salt Lake City, it quickly became a household name in the community. The LDS Church was a significant influence in the company, retaining a majority interest in ZCMI until its eventual sale in December 1999. [5]
He was the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church); the founder of Salt Lake City; and the first governor of the Utah Territory. Young also led the founding of the precursors to the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Mary Ann Angell Young – the sister of Salt Lake Temple architect Truman O ...
The largest city is the state's capital of Salt Lake City with a population of 194,188, and the former coal mining town of Scofield is the smallest town with 15 people. [ 1 ] In 2015, a new form of local government, the metro township, was created. [ 7 ]
Downtown's layout was first planned in 1833, 17 years before Salt Lake City was founded. Joseph Smith designed the Plat of Zion, a plan for cities of 20,000 people each that followed city blocks with self-sufficient family farms surrounding several temples in the center.
The team moved from Idaho to Utah in 2016. Salt Lake City was previously host to the Utah Stars, who competed in the ABA from 1970 to 1976 and won one championship, and to the Utah Starzz of the WNBA from 1997 to 2003. In 2024, the Utah Hockey Club was established, beginning play during the 2024–25 National Hockey League season.