Utah and her people, information for tourists .. . l betteracquaint you with the wonderful resources of the great state than any amount of literaturethat can be gathered on the subject. The first Legislature of Utah convened in Salt Lake City, September 22, 1851. The University of Deseret (State University) was opened in Salt Lake City in 1851. In 1853, the Spanish wall was built on the east and south of the city as a protectionagainst Indians. It was 12 feet high, 6 feet thick at the base and 2^ feet thick at the was nine miles long. The first fire department in Salt LakeCity was organ
Utah and her people, information for tourists .. . l betteracquaint you with the wonderful resources of the great state than any amount of literaturethat can be gathered on the subject. The first Legislature of Utah convened in Salt Lake City, September 22, 1851. The University of Deseret (State University) was opened in Salt Lake City in 1851. In 1853, the Spanish wall was built on the east and south of the city as a protectionagainst Indians. It was 12 feet high, 6 feet thick at the base and 2^ feet thick at the was nine miles long. The first fire department in Salt LakeCity was organized October 17, 1856. In October, 1861, the overland tele- g^aph line was completed via Salt Lake •Jity. The first telegram east was sent by President Brigham Young on October 18. Fort Douglas was located in Oct., 1862. Zions Co-operative Mercantile Institutionwas founded October 16, 1868. Brigham Youngs monument is located at theintersection of the streets at the southeast cor- -— ijw; ner of the Temple Block. ^.^^t b.:oh^m you^cs President Brigham Young died August 29, 1877, in Salt Lake City. There are fifteen banks in Salt Lake City with a capital of $3,005,000, and deposits ofover $31,000,000. The annual coal product of Utah is worth over $5,000,000. The annual output of the precious metals in Utah is over $21,000,000. Newspapers.—The Deseret News, official publishing house of the Mormon Church, wasfounded in 1850 by Pres. Brigham Young. It is the oldest and most widely circulated paper published in the intermountain region, being dis-tributed from Canada on the north to Mexico onthe south. The Salt Lake Tribune is one of Utahs leadingnewspapers. Tourists and visitors interested,financially or otherwise, in the growth and develop-ment of Utah and the surrounding states, shouldsecure the Salt Lake Tribune. It gives reliableand conservative news relating to the advancementand progress of the intermountain states. S. Heath is the publisher and gener
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