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English
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A View From Graveside : Salt Lake City
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Common-Place
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2003
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3,
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no.4
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Discusses the natural boundaries of the Salt Lake Valley and the layout of Salt Lake City by Mormon settlers, starting in 1847. The authors view the city from the perspective of the Salt Lake City cemetery, situated in "the Avenues," a set of streets that climb a mountain slope to the north of the city. Among other things, the article comments on the role of religion, the rational street numbering system of houses in the flat part of the city, the impact of diverse ethnicities and faiths, and the role of campaigns against polygamy and theocratic government in bringing Salt Lake City into the larger economy and national politics.