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A History of Salt Lake County
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Salt Lake City
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Utah State Historical Society
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"For centuries [Salt Lake County] provided a natural crossroads for a variety of ancient native peoples as well as several modern tribes. Settled in 1847 by Mormon pioneers, the county's role as crossroads magnified its growing importance as a religious, commercial, governmental, and cultural center. For nearly half a century, the valley became the focal point of an economic and political struggle between Mormons determined to create a practical theocracy. By the time statehood came in 1896, railroads, mining, and industry had drawn a broad spectrum of newcomers from abroad. In fact, the county reached its peak of religious, ethnic, and racial diversity during the early lively decades of the twentieth century. Now vigorously aligned with the greater United States, Salt Lake County continues to expand its population as well as business, cultural, and recreational opportunities, including the 2002 Winter Olympic Games." [Author]
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A Widow's Tale : The 1884-1896 Diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney
Brigham Young's Homes
Building Zion : The Latter-day Saint Legacy of Urban Planning
Confidence Amid Change : The Presidential Diaries of David O. McKay, 1951-1970
"For the Strength of the Hills": Casting a Concrete Zion
History of the Saints : the Great Mormon Exodus and the Establishment of Zion
In Sacred Loneliness: The Documents
Ireland to Utah : Odyssey of the William Black and Jane Johnston Family
Not in My Neighborhood: The 1939 Controversy over Segregated Housing in Salt Lake City
Of Church and State : Ecclesiastical Politics and the 1922 Salt Lake County Sheriff's Election
One Building's Life : A History of Salt Lake City's Denver and Rio Grande Depot
Robert Newton Baskin and the Making of Modern Utah
Seeking an Inheritance : Mormon Mobility, Urbanity, and Community
Settling in Salt Lake City
Sojourner in the Promised Land : Forty years among the Mormons
The Development of the Smelting Industry in the Central Salt Lake Valley Communities of Midvale, Murray, and Sandy Prior to 1900
The Gathering Place : An Illustrated History of Salt Lake City
The Salt Lake Tabernacle in the Nineteenth Century : A Glimpse of Early Mormonism
This is the Place : Race, Space, Religion and Law in Salt Lake City
Utah and World War II
Utah in the Twentieth Century
Utah’s Plight : A Passage Through the Great Depression
Voicing Government : Politics and Participation