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 SLC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Salt Lake was incorporated as the City of the Great Salt Lake on January 6, 1851 and became the territorial capital in 1856.
Salt Lake City’s population increased 116 percent between 1880 and 1890 from 20,800 to 44,800.
The area from Murray to Salt Lake City was called the "smoke belt." Farmers complained of damage to their crops and livestock from smelter smoke pelted onto their fields and animals by wind and rain.
www.slcgov.com /info/area_info/salt_lake_city.htm   (2914 words)

  
 Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City, Utah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Capitol Hill was originally called Arsenal Hill after the territorial arsenal built on the present site of the Utah State Capitol in 1860.
The sloping south face of Capitol Hill is sometimes called "Heber's Bench" after Heber C. Kimball, former resident and Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes called the LDS Church or Mormons).
The western slope of Capitol Hill is called the "Marmalade District" after marmalade fruit jam because of the streets named after fruit trees imported and planted there such as apricot, quince and almond.
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 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH USA
The city's population, as of the 2000 Census, was 181,743.
Founded in 1847 by a group of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) led by Brigham Young, Salt Lake City is among the region's oldest cities and is the location of the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Salt Flats are perhaps most famous for their use as the Bonneville Speedway for high-speed race cars which have achieved speeds in excess of 600 miles per hour (1000 kilometers per hour).
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 Common-place: A View from Graveside: Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City is actually the fifth in the series of Mormon-planned cities that began with the "City of Zion" mapped out by Joseph Smith in 1833 for Independence, Missouri, followed by similar plats for Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; and Nauvoo, Illinois.
Salt Lake City’s cemetery was laid out when the garden cemetery movement was getting started nationwide, but for the first half century the cemetery could not have been much more than a bare, sun-baked, southern slope of the mountain, with nothing but a magnificent view.
Salt Lake City life is preserved in hundreds of diaries and reminiscences like the Lyman histories quoted here: "Willard H. Lyman: History and Life Sketches," 1961, typescript, and "History and Reminiscences of Hildegarde Sophia Schoenfeld Lyman," 1961, typescript, both edited by Cherry Bushman and in the authors’ possession.
www.common-place.org /vol-03/no-04/salt-lake-city   (2858 words)

  
 Salt Lake City Utah Travel Writing and Photography by Lee Foster
Dominating the Salt Lake experience is the Mormon religion with its downtown Temple and its crucial role in the development of the West since the 1840s.
Salt Lake is often called, with due appreciation to history, the "Crossroads of the West." If you drive to Salt Lake from California, a 15-hour trek from San Francisco, you get some sense of the terrain that pioneer wagons took west from Salt Lake to California, following the Humboldt River and other water sources.
Salt Lake's and Utah's populations (171,000 in the city, 818,000 in Salt Lake County, and 2 million in the state) support many cultural activities, so there is demand for meeting places.
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 Salt Lake City travel guide - Wikitravel
Salt Lake City [1] is the capital and largest city of Utah, a state in the United States.
Salt Lake City is well-known as the center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, although less than half of the city's residents are members.
I-215 forms a 270° loop around Salt Lake City, and is referred to as the "Belt Route." The section west of I-15 is often referred to as the "Western Belt Route" and the section east of I-15 as the "Eastern Belt Route".
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 About Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City is the capital and largest city in the state of Utah.
It took over two decades for Salt Lake City to rebound and finally in 1940 the city yet again blossomed, with high-rise buildings sprouting up all around downtown.The area became the lively spot for citizens of Salt Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah, and as far the intermountain west.
Downtown Salt Lake City, the bustle of the community, was slowly dying.
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 Utah State Capitol Building | Utah.com
Wherever you roam on the Capitol grounds, you're sure to be reminded of those who have come before, and of the future yet to come.
Inside, the Capitol is divided into two wings, each lined by marble Ionic columns weighing 25,000 pounds, with the Supreme Court on the east end and the House of Representatives on the west.
The first Capitol Building was in a small town called Fillmore, built there by federal decree, but only one wing of that building was finished before Salt Lake City was made the territorial capitol in 1855.
www.utah.com /culture/capitol.htm   (615 words)

  
 Salt Lake City, United States
National and international business magazines have described Salt Lake City as 'visionary, vibrant, and vigorous.' Business and tourism are the lifeblood of the city, but between the office buildings lay the cultural and entertainment centers that present numerous diversions at the end of the business or ski day.
Hill Air Force Base (approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City) is still an active and important part of northern Utah's economy.
Because Salt Lake City exists in the shadows of these nearby mountains, it has evolved into a city that is deeply connected to its geography and environment.
worldfacts.us /US-Salt-Lake-City.htm   (1557 words)

  
 Salt Lake City Tornado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Salt Lake City Tornado was a very rare tornado that occurred in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 11, 1999, during an unusually strong summer monsoon season.
It was among the most notable tornadoes to hit west of the Great Plains in the 20th century and only the second tornado to hit in Utah that resulted in a fatality (the other occurring in 1884).
Construction cranes for the LDS Conference Center were toppled by the storm, and damage to historic buildings in the lower Capitol Hill area of Salt Lake was reported.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Tornado   (531 words)

  
 State of Utah Capitol Preservation Board - History
However, as Utah's population grew and was settling in Salt Lake City rather than in the middle of the state, the state capitol was officially changed to Salt Lake City.
Since only one wing of the a Capitol building in Fillmore had been built, the Legislature decided they did not want to spend any more money on a building that was not used or needed and the project to finish the Capitol building was abandoned.
The exterior of Kletting's Capitol design is similar to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., which uses a combination of some of the same elements- porticos, pediments, and monumental columns.
www.utahstatecapitol.utah.gov /history/history.html   (1173 words)

  
 Capitol Hill to get permit parking Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tuesday the Salt Lake City Council approved a new fast-track process that will allow the neighborhoods to impose residential parking restrictions in time for the upcoming legislative session.
Many Capitol Hill residents had worried that all the construction and lost parking at the State Capitol would force legislative parking into their residential streets.
The council gave the city's transportation department the authority to pick streets and neighborhoods that would qualify for the residential parking, which forbids nonresidents to park there.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20051215/ai_n15947554   (411 words)

  
 Inn on Capitol Hill Salt Lake City, Utah, United States - Inn on Capitol Hill Group Booking Reservation Meetings ...
The Inn on Capitol Hill is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
Weddings at the Inn on Capitol Hill with their facilities, guest rooms and experienced wedding and group management staff, are magnificent.
A Inn on Capitol Hill wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
www.meetingforce.com /inn-on-capitol-hill-hotel-17h172.html   (763 words)

  
 Salt Lake City | District Guide| City Guide | WCities Destination Guide
Salt Lake City offers a variety of activities no matter what the season, so a visit here any time of year is recommended.
Business and tourism are the lifeblood of the city, but between the office buildings lay the cultural and entertainment centers that present numerous diversions at the end of the business or ski day.
Once the home of the trolleys that were the transportation mainstay of Salt Lake City, the trolley barns of Trolley Square now enclose some of the best restaurants and shopping in the city.
www.wcities.com /en/guide/gen_intro/67/guide.html   (802 words)

  
 Vets Aren't Buying Bush's B.S.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Veterans wearing "B.S. Protector" ear flaps sat silently in the audience of the 106th convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Monday in Salt Lake City while Bush tired to compare his failed war in Iraq to both world wars and other great conflicts of the 20th century.
People lined the streets of his motorcade route in Salt Lake City, many cheering and holding up signs such as one that said, “Honor The Dead.
George Muller of Salt Lake City, who said he believed there has been a shift in the country’s attitude toward the war.
www.capitolhillblue.com /artman/publish/printer_7262.shtml   (866 words)

  
 Salt Lake City Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Disarmingly pleasant and easygoing, SALT LAKE CITY is well worth a stopover of a couple of days.
Salt Lake City's bid to raise its international profile by hosting the 2002 Winter Olympics resulted in a major building program both in the city itself and in the surrounding ski valleys, plus an unwelcome notoriety following the taint of corruption that surrounded its selection.
Nonetheless, though people elsewhere in the US still tend to imagine Salt Lake City as decidedly short on spontaneous public fun, so long as you're willing to switch gears and slow down, its unhurried pace, and the positive energy and lack of pretence of its people, can make for a surprisingly enjoyable experience.
www.infohub.com /destinations/North-America/USA/Salt-Lake-City   (153 words)

  
 Salt Lake City, USA. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
Salt Lake City International Airport (tel 801/575-2400) is a mere four miles west of downtown.
Salt Lake City doesn't roll up the sidewalks when the sun goes down.
Many drinking venues are technically private clubs, in which a nominal membership fee entitles the cardholder and up to five guests to two weeks' use of the facilities, but there are also a handful of brewpubs, for which membership is not required.
www.hostelbookers.com /guides/usa/salt_lake_city   (205 words)

  
 Utah State Capitol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Construction on the capitol began on December 26, 1912 and was dedicated on October 9, 1916.
Starting in 1866 the Salt Lake City Council Hall was the meeting place for the Utah Territorial legislature.
When statehood was granted in 1896 until the present Utah State Capitol was completed, the Salt Lake City and County Building served as the state's first capitol building.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Utah_State_Capitol   (209 words)

  
 Salt Lake City Attractions - Ticket Solutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Brigham Young and the first group of pioneers got their first glimpse of the Salt Lake Valley at the site of this historic park.
In the summer, it becomes a living-history museum of the period from 1847 to 1869; pioneer events and demonstrations are offered throughout the year.
Built between 1912 and 1915 of unpolished Utah granite and Georgia marble, the capitol rests on a hill in a beautifully landscaped 40-acre park.
www.tickets4u.com /attractions-saltlakecity.asp   (539 words)

  
 Capitol Building | Museum/Attraction Review | Salt Lake City | Frommers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Capitol Hill at the north end of State St
Built between 1912 and 1915 of unpolished Utah granite and Georgia marble, the capitol, considered one of the finest examples of Renaissance Revival style in the West, rests on a hill in a beautifully landscaped 40-acre park.
The state symbol, the beehive (representing industry and cooperation), is a recurring motif both inside and out.
www.frommers.com /destinations/saltlakecity/A523.html   (358 words)

  
 BIA broke rules on nuke lease   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The proposal to store 44,000 tons of used reactor fuel on the Goshute reservation 45 miles southwest of Salt Lake City has been fought in courts and regulatory agencies for nine years.
Margene Bullcreek, a member of the Goshute Skull Valley Band and its most vocal critic of the waste dump, sued in federal court in Salt Lake City.
She asked the court to overturn the government's approval of the lease.
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 Capitol Hill Apartments for rent Capitol Hill apartment rentals, Capitol Hill furnished apartments to rent.
Capitol Hill Apartments for rent Capitol Hill apartment rentals, Capitol Hill furnished apartments to rent.
About Us Sublet.com is a Capitol Hill apartment rental website that advertises Capitol Hill apartments, Capitol Hill roommates, Capitol Hill houses for rent Capitol Hill sublets and subleases.
Capitol Hill housing rentals, apartments, roommates, houses, tenants and landlords have not been verified or evaluated.
www.sublet.com /area_rentals/Utah/CapitolHill_Rentals.asp   (92 words)

  
 Inn on Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States near Temple Square , Hansen Planatarium, Symphony Hall, Park ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Inn on Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States near Temple Square, Hansen Planatarium, Symphony Hall, Park City Ski Resort, Utah Opera, Genealogy Center, Utah State Capitol Bed and Breakfast Inn
The Inn on Capitol Hill is a newly restored mansion listed with the Utah Heritage Foundation as the Woodruff-Riter-Stewart Mansion.
The Inn is within walking distance of Salt Lake City's most visited attractions, including the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
www.innsite.com /inns/A004051.html   (312 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Fight for Jessica's Law comes to Utah
After a Florida girl was repeatedly raped and eventually murdered earlier this year by a registered sex offender, a movement for tougher penalties for sex offenders has reached across the United States.
Jessica Lunsford's father, Mark, has lobbied legislators in various states and in Washington, D.C., to pass what is known as Jessica's Law, which guarantees that convicted child sex abuse offenders serve a minimum mandatory prison sentence of 25 years.
The campaign came to Utah on Thursday, where Lunsford was in Salt Lake City to begin a new swing of visits to states seen as soft on sex offenders.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635162185,00.html   (608 words)

  
 Inn on Capitol Hill|Salt Lake City - Read the OpenView on Inn on Capitol Hill - know what the web knows about Inn on ...
The Inn on Capitol Hill, in Salt Lake City, is a budget hotel.
Also nearby: Kearns Mansion, Salt Lake City Public Library, and Liberty Park.
The view of the city from the porch is priceless.
www.openlist.com /hotels-view-inn_on_capitol_hill.htm   (321 words)

  
 Salt Lake City Council District Maps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
District Three is home to the State Capitol building, City Creek Canyon, the City Cemetery, two hospital sites and three historic preservation districts – the Avenues, Capitol Hill and South Temple.
District Five is also home to the Salt Lake community College facilities on State Street.
District 7 encompasses the southeast section of the city and includes Sugar House, Liberty Wells and Arcadia Heights/Benchmark neighborhoods; the Sugar House and Brickyard Plaza commercial areas; Westminster College, Highland High School, Sugar House Park; and, Forest Dale, Country Club and Nibley Park golf courses.
www.slcgov.com /council/districts.htm   (312 words)

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