In the shadows of the Wasatch Mountains, the cityscape of Salt Lake is filled with echoes of its dark past. From abandoned factories where workers’ lives were ripped away by heavy machinery...
In the summer of 1945, 19-year-old Joe Badali stepped off a train into the barren expanse of sunburned desolation known as Wendover, Utah. He was an East Coast kid, raised in Connecticut,...
Around 1911, Salt Lake City completed work on its first major park, Liberty Park. The park was built in the grand tradition of New York’s Central Park and London’s Hyde Park, albeit...
In 1966, two 18-year-old gas station attendants were kidnapped in Kearns and stabbed to death. The bodies of Steven Shea and Michael Holtz were discovered stripped of their clothing in a remote...
You may arrive at this year’s 24th of July parade at what you assume to be right on time, lawn chairs in tow, ready for the grand marshal’s whistle and the drum...
In 1845, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sent its first missionaries to the South Pacific Island of Tahiti. The Mormons weren’t alone. It was a period of zealous Christian...
Driving Highway 224 in Park City provides excellent views of the beloved, often flag-adorned, landmark, but what’s the story behind the McPolin Family Barn?
It was 1922, and the final board was put...
May 1, 1990
This day, 124 years ago, was a day of horror in Scofield, Utah. On this day, 200 men and boys perished in a dark hole under the mountain. At the...
