Item Detail
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English
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Church History Museum : The Salt Lake City Model
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Pioneer
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2011
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58
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no.3
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2-5
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"The model of Salt Lake City is a centerpiece for A Covenant Restored exhibit in the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City. It captures the character of a city built upon the ideals of the 'City of Zion.' In addition, it also reveals the stability, order, and permanence that were unusual in a settlement founded less than 25 years earlier. Like several other cities in America, the city was planned in advance of its construction. As the religious, geographic, and economic center of the Mountain West settlements, Salt Lake City holds a prominent and important place in the history of the Latter-day Saints. The year 1870 was chosen for the model because it was a pivotal year in the city's history, while the city still reflected its pioneer character. Prior to this time Salt Lake City was considered a large 'garden plot' village on the edge of the American frontier. With the coming of the railroad in 1869 its character would change forever." [p. 2]