By Nate Housley During the uranium boom of the 1950s, thousands of would-be prospectors flooded into the “four corners” region of the Colorado Plateau hoping …
Meeting Florence and Flo: History and Friendship in the Old and New Wests
By Richard L. Dana It was January 1, 2015, and Marianne Sezon, my wife, was taking the oath of office as the first female judge …
Bringing War Home: Object Stories and Community Memory of Modern War
By Susan Grayzel, Ph.D. and Molly Boeka Cannon, Ph.D. You decide to tackle that long-postponed task—going through the boxes of material moved from your grandparents’ …
Thinking About Geographic Names in Utah
Editors’ note: This is part of a series of short essays designed to understand historical markers, monuments, and place names in historical and contemporary perspective. By Arie …
This Is My Story: Q&A with Pastor Henry McAllister
Editors’ Note: The latest issue of Utah Historical Quarterly (winter 2022) details the long history in Utah of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), …
Meet Bernard Augustine DeVoto
The Most Famous Ogdenite You’ve Probably Never Heard Of By Scott L. Greenwell “The chief glory of every people arises from its authors”[*] ~Samuel …
USHS at 125 Speaker Series
In commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the Utah State Historical Society, we are offering a series of monthly presentations or roundtables beginning January and …
Statement on Socially Conscious Cataloging and Artifact Descriptions
The Utah Division of State History is conducting a review of the descriptions and terminology of our artifact catalog. We are working to update biased, …
Unshelving Our History
For the past academic year, Cathy Gilmore has served as the Editorial Fellow for Utah Historical Quarterly. Cathy is a graduate student of History at …
History and Geology: Q&A with Rasoul Sorkhabi
Rasoul Sorkhabi is author of “From Edinburgh to Salt Lake City: Archibald Geikie’s Travels in the American West, 1879,” Utah Historical Quarterly 89 (Summer 2021) …
The River Voyage of William Lewis Manly: Q&A with Michael D. Kane
Michael D. Kane is coauthor (with Nathan N. Waite) of “Avoiding Mormons, Running Rapids, Encountering Western Utes: William Lewis Manly’s Voyage Down the Green River …
Top 5 Reasons to Attend the 69th Annual USHS Conference
Looking for a reason to spend some time with us at our annual history conference? Here are our top 5: 5. Free, virtual, and lives …