Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Utah History Happenings”
By Rhonda Lauritzen, independent biographer and author. In the spring of 2017, I had no idea the journey ahead when I answered a call from architect, Shalae Larsen, asking me to collaborate on a National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Ephraim Relief Society Granary. The historic grain saving …
by Katie Barber Katie excelled during her internship with State History, so we hired her for the summer. How often do you think about where you are in the world? This isn’t some great metaphysical question. I am referring to your present physical location, your exact geographic place on Earth, …
By Holly George On a normal afternoon in April 2017, Daniel Jones, a friend from the bus who worked at the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, sent me an intriguing email. He had just finished up an interactive chat with a man from Spain’s Teruel province who needed to …
By Taya Wallace Taya did such a great job during her internship that we hired her for the summer. In the fall she will begin an internship at the Office of Public Records in Washington, D.C. I love stories. Getting into the minds of other people who are put in …
By Laurie J. Bryant, Independent Historian [On July 2nd, at the Salt Lake City Cemetery, we unveiled a monument for 55 individuals who died at the “insane asylum” in the 1870s and 1880s. We asked the researcher, Laurie J. Bryant, to tell us more about one of the individuals.] Louis …