Salt Lake City, 1890-1930
Salt Lake City, 1890-1930

Author: Gary Topping

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738570747

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Between 1890 and 1930, Salt Lake City experienced some of the most rapid and profound changes of any city in U.S. history. In its pioneer period, from the beginning of white settlement in 1847 to about 1890, the city struggled against outside pressures to maintain its identity as a self-sufficient Mormon utopian community, with its theocratic government, agricultural economy, and polygamous society. But by the turn of the 20th century, Mormonism had largely abandoned those features, and Salt Lake City was becoming like most other American cities as it embraced capitalism, the evolution of transportation and industry, ethnic and cultural diversity, women's rights, and modern entertainment.

Secret Salt Lake City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Secret Salt Lake City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Author: Jeremy Pugh

Publisher: Reedy Press LLC

Published: 2021-05-15

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1681060736

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Where can you find a chunk of the Matterhorn enshrined at a Utah ski resort? What is the origin of Josepa, the Hawaiian ghost town in the desert? And why is Utah called the Beehive State? You hold in your hands the answers to these questions and more in this guide to the oddities, wonders, myths, and legends of Utah’s capital city. Secret Salt Lake City opens a window into the weird, the bizarre, and the obscure secrets of the city, some of which are hiding in plain sight. Founded by religious pioneers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1847, its one-of-a-kind origin story makes Salt Lake City a rich backdrop for frontier grit, culture, and curious relics. Did you know that there is an alphabet hidden in your computer that was invented in Salt Lake City? What is the significance of the religious symbols on the Salt Lake Temple? And how did Sherlock Holmes solve a fictional mystery in London that originated in Utah? Lifetime resident and author Jeremy Pugh and Mary Brown Malouf unlock these mysteries and more to pull back the curtain on the secrets of Salt Lake City. This isn’t your traditional guidebook, and it will enrich your visit to the Crossroads of the West.

The Peoples of Utah
The Peoples of Utah

Author: Utah State Historical Society

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13:

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Contains histories of some of the minorities in Utah.

The Avenues of Salt Lake City
The Avenues of Salt Lake City

Author: Karl T. Haglund

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9780913738313

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This book deals with both the history and architecture of the Avenues Historic District -- primarily a residential district -- of Salt Lake City.

Utah History Encyclopedia
Utah History Encyclopedia

Author: Allan Kent Powell

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 696

ISBN-13:

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The first complete history of Utah in encyclopedic form, with entries from Anasazi to ZCMI!

Prostitution, Polygamy, and Power
Prostitution, Polygamy, and Power

Author: Jeffrey D. Nichols

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780252027680

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"The controversy waned when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began to move away from polygamy in the 1890s, but resurfaced with the rise of the anti-Mormon American Party that sponsored the Stockade prostitution district. Nichols traces the interplay of prostitution and reform through World War I, when Mormon and gentile moral codes converged at the expense of prostitutes. He also considers how polygamy and religious conflict distinguished Salt Lake City from other cities struggling to abolish prostitution in the Progressive Era."--Jacket.