Salt Lake City was originally named Great Salt Lake City. Great was dropped from the name in 1868.

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Butch Cassidy Cabin in Beaver
Beaver - Historical Site

The cabin where the famous outlaw Butch Cassidy was born is still located in Beaver, unfortunately someone has bought it and added onto it, so it's not available for tours. view full description

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Philo T Farnsworth Cabin
Beaver - Historical Site - Educational

This small cabin in Beaver, UT is where Philo T Farnsworth grew up until his family moved to Rigby, Idaho when he was 12. There is a statue of Philo, the cabin and a museum, but he museum is only ope... view full description

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Beaver City Opera House
Beaver - Historical Site

Situated just across the street from the Territorial Courthouse is the Beaver Opera House. This grand facility constructed of volcanic pink tufa block was built in 1908. The building now serves as the... view full description

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Fear Factory
Salt Lake - Haunted Houses - Historical Site

Deep in the industrial trenches of downtown Salt Lake City, lies an old forsaken factory that was built in the 1900s. This decrepit concrete factory that crawls across an entire city block was used an... view full description

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Veterans Memorial in Fillmore
Millard - Historical Site - Monument

Millard County, American Legion Post 61 (Fillmore), American Legion Post Legion Post 135 (Delta), and with the help of individual local veterans, have constructed a beautiful monument dedicated to the... view full description

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Fort Deseret
Millard - Historical Site

During the Black Hawk War of 1865, the Pahvant Indians began stealing cattle from the nearby settlement and guards were posted around the clock to protect their livestock. In desperation the settlers... view full description

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Gardner Village
Salt Lake - General - Historical Site

Gardner Village contains the outlines of the once bustling early Utah mill industry and history. What remains today is a cluster of retail specialty shops located in restored cabins, houses and buildi... view full description

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Grafton Ghost Town
Washington - Ghost Towns - Historical Site

The old town of Grafton is a great place to see what life was like for the early settlers of Utah. If you've seen the movie Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid then you'll recognize some of the building t... view full description

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Social Hall Heritage Museum
Salt Lake - Museums - Archaeological Site - Historical Site

Discover an archeological dig in downtown Salt Lake City! Visit the Social Hall Heritage Museum to find out what the early settlers of Salt Lake did for a good time. Salt Lake City's Social Hall was ... view full description

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Pine Valley Chapel
Washington - Historical Site - Religious

Tour this unique chapel, built in 1868, and peer into its attic, which was constructed to resemble an upside-down ship hull. In the 1860s the group of settlers sent to establish the Washington and Sa... view full description

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Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument
Salt Lake - Historical Site

In a grassy plot near downtown Salt Lake City are the gravesites of Brigham Young and others, including Eliza R. Snow, pioneer poetess and early women's leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-... view full description

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Deuel Pioneer Log Home
Salt Lake - Historical Site

Catch a glimpse of Salt Lake City's past as you peek into the Deuel Pioneer Log Home, located between the Museum of Church History and Art and the Family History Library. This log home is typical of ... view full description

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Brigham Young Winter Home
Washington - Historical Site - Religious

Visit the winter home of Brigham Young, one of the most famous pioneers in American history and the second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Young spe... view full description

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Temple Square
Salt Lake - Religious - Art - Botanical Garden - Historical Site

This beautifully landscaped 10-acre plot of ground in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City is one of Utah's most visited attractions. Centerpiece of the Square is the 6-spired granite Salt Lake Temple... view full description

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Pope House Museum
Daggett - Museums - Historical Site

Historic home of Fred Pope with displays of scale models of wagons, farm machinery and log cabins of the period. view full description

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Kanab Heritage House
Kane - Museums - Historical Site

Restored historic home; Anasazi artifacts, period furniture and furnishings; tours, Pioneer Christmas. view full description

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Jacob Hamblin Home
Washington - Museums - History - Historical Site

Visit the home of Jacob Hamblin, the man who was called "Friend of the Indians." See what life was like for Jacob and his large family in a frontier town. Walk among the fruit trees in the nearby orch... view full description

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Butch Cassidy's Childhood home
Piute - Museums - Historical Site

Butch Cassidy, was he a criminal or a folk hero. Hard to tell when you travel through southern Utah. He grew up in this small cabin, just south of Circleville, between Richfield and Panquitch on Highw... view full description

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Territorial Statehouse Park Museum
Millard - State Parks - Museums - Historical Site

Territorial Statehouse in Fillmore is Utah's oldest existing governmental building. In anticipation of Utah's statehood, early pioneer Brigham Young directed construction of the building as the state'... view full description

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Manti Historic City Hall
Sanpete - Museums - Historical Site

Historic exhibits in the old city hall view full description

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Cove Fort
Millard - Museums - Historical Site

Built as a travelers way station and refuge from the Indian for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, miners, Indian or Spanish traders, mail carriers, and others; historic house... view full description

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Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park & Museum
Utah - Museums - State Parks - Historical Site

Believing Mormons were rebelling against the laws of the United States, President James Buchanan dispatched 3,500 troops, nearly one-third of the entire U.S. Army, to suppress the rumored rebellion in... view full description

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Brigham Young Winter Home
Washington - Museums - Historical Site

Victorian and early pioneer style furnishings - some are original. Floors, woodwork, walls and doors have been restored; daily tours by LDS missionary couples as part of St. George Temple Visitors' Ce... view full description

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Benson Grist Mill
Tooele - Museums - Historical Site

This renovated mill was constructed by early Mormon Pioneers and is on the National Historic Register. Volunteers have restored the mill and added a log cabin, blacksmith shop, country store, sheep ca... view full description

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The Beehive House
Salt Lake - Museums - Historical Site - Religious

Discover how Brigham Young and his family lived in the 1800s, during a free 30-minute tour of the Beehive House. Now a National Historic Landmark, this home has been beautifully restored with furnishi... view full description

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Echo Church and Museum
Summit - Museums - Historical Site

Historic Church built in 1876; museum has photo collection and provides docent tours. view full description

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The Sorensen Home
Salt Lake - Museums - Historical Site

Historic home and furnishings view full description

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Fielding Garr Ranch
Davis - Museums - Historical Site

Historic ranch-- interpretation of life on Utah's oldest ranch. view full description

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Weber County DUP/Miles Goodyear Cabin
Weber - Museums - Historical Site

Lecture/slide presentation on the settling on northern Utah from mountain men to Utah Territorial settling; open house with refreshments honoring Pioneer Days Queen following July 24th Parade; off-sea... view full description

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Fort Buenaventura
Weber - Museums - State Parks - Historical Site - Camping

The Fort has been recreated on the original site, and guides in period dress interpret the fort as well as the historical lifestyle of the Mountain Men and the Indians who inhabited the area. Authenti... view full description

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Golden Spike National Historic Site
Box Elder - Museums - Historical Site

Interpretive talks, slide programs, films and museum exhibits explain the significance of the nation's first transcontinental railroad. A bookstore is also located in the visitor center. view full description

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