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A 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.
Read MoreThe city of Ogden, Utah was incorporated in 1851 and ever since the city has grown from its railroad roots to a bustling city with…
Read MoreWhile participating in the National Governors Association Summer Meeting held in Salt Lake City, U.S. ambassador to China Terry Branstad met with WTC Utah as…
Read MoreIt’s the end of the line for the current Rio Grande Depot sign, which has been a fixture in downtown Salt Lake City for six…
Read MoreThe Utah Symphony is ready to shoot the audience to the stars as it commemorates the 50th anniversary of the moon with a “Symphonic Space…
Read MoreThe sixth annual OSA Heritage Day on Aug. 3. will celebrate Franklin County’s pioneer heritage outside on the OSA grounds this year.
Read MoreSaturday marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. It’s a milestone worth celebrating because it marked an otherworldly achievement by mankind.
Read MoreThe Franklin Relic Hall has a unique railroad exhibit that documents with early artifacts, photographs, and personal accounts the members of the Church of Jesus Christ…
Read MoreTwelve thousand train enthusiasts from around the world are gathering at the Little America to participate in the first National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) convention in Utah.
Read MoreThe United States is celebrating several historic milestones in 2019, four of which are commemorated here with respective high-quality writing instruments.
Read MoreUnion Station officials say the soon-to-be completed restoration of a rare locomotive located there is part of a renewed push to revitalize the 95-year-old historic…
Read MoreA train delayed this year’s annual Wasatch Back Student Art Show at the Kimball Art Center. The annual exhibit opened on June 15, a couple…
Read MoreAs a young boy growing up in Tremonton, our family visited the Golden Spike Historic Site at Promontory Summit every Easter. These outings led to…
Read MoreIt's something railroad enthusiasts believed they might never see again: one of the biggest steam locomotives ever built in America back on the tracks, rumbling…
Read MoreIt's been 150 years since the U.S. transcontinental railroad connected America's East and West. VOA Khmer's Phy Sopheada narrates.
Read MoreA century and a half after the Golden Spike was hammered in at Promontory Summit, Utah, people from all over the Bay crowded into Tressider…
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