The 2019 Utah Outdoor Recreation Summit is a three-day event held at the Dixie Center in beautiful St. George. You’re invited to come and be a part of an important outdoor recreation discussion. You will join local stakeholders, industry professionals and land managers that play a role in Utah’s outdoor …
International Archaeology Day – Public Lands Clean-up
Help us preserve Utah County’s rock art! On-going damage from target shooting is threatening a prehistoric rock art site in Utah County. Although target shooting is prohibited in this area, accumulated debris from visitation makes the site an attractive place for shooting. Impact from bullets is destroying thousand-year old …
Archaeological Site Stewardship Training
Interested in helping protect and preserve Utah’s heritage? Become a Site Steward! Stewards monitor the condition of at-risk archaeological and other heritage resources, looking for signs of natural or man-made damage or deterioration. They may also interact with the public to enhance visitor experiences and increase understanding of and respect …
International Day of Archaeology: Book Buzz
Book Buzz supports communities and education endeavors across the state by lending lending sets of titles to clubs, book groups, libraries, organizations, schools, and community centers. Each sets contains at least 15 copies that check-out for 8 weeks. In this partnership Utah State Libraries is connecting Book Buzz’s network of …
Multicultural Youth Leadership Summit
The Multicultural Youth Leadership Summit is an annual event for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students and educators held in support of Governor Gary R. Herbert’s College and Career Ready initiative. This engaging and dynamic one-day program aims to motivate all students to pursue higher education and become leaders of …
Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference
The Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference creates an informal setting for researchers to gather biennially and where participants could discuss common problems and issues, compare data, and share information and insights about this vast, varied, and fascinating region. This year’s meeting will be three days of papers, posters, and symposia on …
Utah State History Conference Tour: South Temple Street: 170 Years of Change
South Temple Street is arguably the architecturally most significant street in Utah because it offers architectural styles from almost every period of Utah history. On this tour, we’ll examine those styles by looking at various “case studies.” We’ll discuss why styles changed and what each one tells us about its …
State History Conference Tour: Smith Preserve
Join Utah Division of State History archaeologist Elizabeth Hora on a tour of the Adelbert Doyle Smith Family Preserve and see thousands of years of Utah rock art! This two hour tour will introduce you to local Utah prehistory, highlighting the daily lives of people who lived around Utah Lake …
Annual Utah State History Conference
The Utah State Historical Society will hold its 67th annual meeting to be held on September 27, 2019, at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City. The conference theme takes a long view of the interior West. Whereas local and state history tend to build on narrow case …
Utah League of Cities and Towns
Join us September 11-13 in Salt Lake City for the 2019 ULCT Annual Convention as we come together to share ideas and learn about new methods and opportunities. We’ll have expert instruction in the classroom, and in the field. We’ll have a wonderful lineup of speakers and presentations, and enjoy fantastic entertainment. …
Where are the women’s voices? How I found the mother lode.
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 …
Point A to B
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, …