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At a time when hate crimes, inequality and white supremacy appear to be on the rise, these stories offered a little hope.
Read MoreOne hundred and fifty years ago, the nation was joined at the rails at Promontory Summit in present-day Utah. A crowd gathered on May 10,…
Read MoreFrom the 15th anniversary of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ to Elton John’s farewell tour stop, 2019 was a big year for the Beehive State’s arts scene. Here…
Read MoreGolden Spike National Historical Park is gearing up to send 2019, a monumental year for the park, out in style with its annual Winter Steam…
Read MoreMore than 150 years after the nation’s first transcontinental railroad was completed in what is now Box Elder County, the effects of that monumental milestone…
Read MoreThe first railway construction across a continent began in the United States in 1863 and completed in May 1869. The idea of building the railroad…
Read MoreThe Historic Brigham City Depot ended up benefiting from a repair job that fell through at Ogden’s Union Station.
Read MoreCan America’s long-neglected railroads provide a viable alternative for passenger travel, as congestion and climate concerns increasingly affect ground and air transportation?
Read MoreTake a one-of-a-kind trip through North America on WITF with Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track, hosted by Grammy-winning musician and storyteller David…
Read MoreUtah as a state is known for many curious and wonderful things without question. For example, in August 2019 SLmag created a feature called the Field Guide…
Read MoreMay marked the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad that joined the east and west coasts of the United States. Heralded as…
Read MoreOver 20 homes are opening their doors to celebrate Veteran’s Day and National Model Railroad Month with monumental indoor and outdoor model train displays.
Read MoreOgden is finally getting its very own theme song. And that theme is an important one: The story of a place, basically located in the…
Read MoreThis weekend in Ogden UT, a new composition by banjoist Jens Kruger will be premiered with Chamber Orchestra Ogden to help culminate the sesquicentennial of the completion…
Read MoreA newly painted mural in downtown Cedar City highlights three nearby tourist destinations, Cedar Breaks National Monument and Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks.
Read MoreA Utah lawmaker is urging Congress to do more to protect artifacts being looted along the Transcontinental Railroad.
Read MoreOne of the most iconic and life-altering events in America’s history was the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, commemorated on May 10, 1869, where the…
Read MoreThe number of visitors during the Heritage Festival in May, marking the sesquicentennial of the driving of the Golden Spike, wasn’t quite as high as…
Read MoreThe engine, the world’s only operating Big Boy locomotive, is touring the Union Pacific system throughout 2019 to commemorate the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary.
Read More“A World Transformed: the Transcontinental Railroad and Utah,” celebrating the sesquicentennial of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, will be on exhibit until Oct. 7…
Read MoreOn Thursday's Access Utah, Richard White, Stanford University historian and lecturer, joins us to talk about the transcontinental railroad’s impact on Utah’s environment, culture and…
Read MoreThe Utah Humanities Book Festival kicks off later this month, and Weber County is doing it up right with more than a dozen author events…
Read MoreTHERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. Ed Dickens is a rockstar. Dickens is a steam locomotive engineer and mechanic who maintains the Union Pacific Railroad’s historic steam…
Read MoreArchaeologists help modern descendants of Chinese railroad laborers commemorate their ancestors.
Read MoreIn Weber and Davis school districts, classes start Tuesday, Aug. 20. In Ogden and Box Elder districts, they start Aug. 26, and up in Morgan,…
Read MoreThe ripple effects of the U.S.-China trade war continue to be felt as far away as Junction City. A youth piano competition scheduled for this…
Read MoreA narrative in word and song about building the transcontinental railroad, culminating in driving the final golden spike, has just been by published by the…
Read MoreA Utah company is using augmented reality (AR) in a unique way by turning historic events into a modern-day experience -- and more.
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