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Tag Archives: Tooele County

Mercur, Utah

16 Saturday Jan 2021

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Mercur, Tooele County, utah

Mercur is located in Mercur Canyon (formerly Lewiston Canyon). Silver was discovered in the 1860s and it was a booming mining town called Lewiston, that town burned down and in 1882 mercury was discovered and a new town built up to mine it.

Porter Way Park

09 Friday Oct 2020

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Parks, Stansbury Park, Tooele County, utah

Porter Way Park is a city park in the city of Stansbury Park, Utah.

Broadway Hotel

07 Tuesday Jul 2020

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Historic Buildings, Hotels, Tooele, Tooele County

The old Broadway Hotel (built in 1911) at Broadway and Date in Tooele, Utah (145 N Broadway Ave) stands majestic and abandoned for now, there has been talk over the years of restoring it but nothing happening yet. I love the big cool looking building.

First Transcontinental Telephone Line

07 Saturday Mar 2020

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First Transcontinental Telephone Line

On June 17, 1914, the first transcontinental telephone line was completed near this point on the border of Nevada and Utah at Wendover. Construction forces of the Bell Telephone Company of Nevada and the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company met there, making the last splices in the wires which joined East and West in voice communications for the first time.

This historic marker is located at the eastbound rest area on I-80 near Wendover.

Vernon, Utah

07 Wednesday Nov 2018

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Adobe Rock

23 Tuesday Oct 2018

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DUP, Historic Markers, Tooele County, utah

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Adobe Rock

On July 27, 1847, three horsemen from the scouting party sent out by Brigham Young, obtained an excellent view of the surrounding valley, from the top of this rock. In 1849, Captain Howard Stansbury of the United States Topographical Engineers built a small adobe house by this rock, for his herders, hence the name “Adobe Rock”. The near by highway follows the same route as the old pioneer trail used by explorers, trappers, emigrants and gold seekers.

A spring near by made this a favorite camp site.

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Jedediah Smith’s Trail – Great Salt Lake

20 Saturday Oct 2018

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California Trail, Historic Markers, Salt Lake County, Tooele County, utah

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Jedediah Smith’s Trail – Great Salt Lake

“Coming to the point of the ridge [Timpie Point] … I saw an expanse of water Extending far to the North and East. … The Salt Lake a joyful sight was spread before us. … I had traveled so much in the vicinity of the Salt Lake that it had become my home of the wilderness.  After coming in view of the lake I traveled East [and] found a spring of fresh water and encamped.”

Jedediah Smith, June 27, 1827

Also located at this Interstate 80 pull-off are D.U.P. Marker #115 and D.U.P. Marker #118. 

Here is the list of “Salt Lake to Southern California Road” markers I have come across.

See also: California Trail

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Metaphor: The Tree of Utah

04 Thursday Oct 2018

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Land Art, Salt Flats, Tooele County, utah

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Metaphor: The Tree of Utah

Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, sometimes called the Tree of Life, is an 87-foot-tall sculpture that was created by the Swedish artist Karl Momen in the 1980s and dedicated in 1986. It is located in the desolate Great Salt Lake Desert of Utah on the north side of Interstate 80, about 25 miles east of Wendover and midway between the former railroad communities of Arinosa and Barro. The sculpture, which is constructed mainly of concrete, consists of a squarish ‘trunk’ holding up six spheres that are coated with natural rock and minerals native to Utah. There are also several hollow sphere segments on the ground around the base. The sculpture currently has a fence surrounding the base to protect people from falling tiles.

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This is an example of Land Art, for more info and examples visit this page.

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Lake Point Park

26 Wednesday Sep 2018

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Lake Point, Parks, Tooele County, utah

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Lake Point Park in Lake Point, Utah.

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Bonneville Salt Flats

26 Thursday Jul 2018

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Bonneville Salt Flats

The Bonneville Salt Flats is an interesting area in Utah, as far as you can see it is densely packed salt that is perfectly flat. Because it is so large and flat it has been used as the place to set land speed records.

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