Week One: Let’s Learn About Utah’s Archaeology!

This is a collection of readings about Utah’s cultural history curated for the 2021 UPAN pledge drive

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The Peculiar Historical and Archaeological Journey of Utah’s First House: The Devereaux Mansion

Written by Christopher W. Merritt, Ph.D. State Historic Preservation Officer How many times have you traveled South Temple in downtown Salt Lake City and noticed …

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Outlaws and Artifacts: A Daggett County Partnership at the John Jarvie Ranch

Written by Chase Roberts Utah Division of State History and Christopher W. Merritt Utah State Historic Preservation Officer If you ask most Utahns where Daggett County …

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Utah’s Biggest Earthquake In History: And you don’t even probably know about it!

Christopher W. Merritt, Ph.D., State Historic Preservation Officer With trembles strong enough to shake “the dignity out of all judicial procedures,” [i] at Salt Lake …

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