Brigham
City •
Fairfield
• Logan
• Ogden
• Park
City •
Salt Lake City
• Tooele
• Vernon
Brigham
City
The
Golden Spike
National Historic
Site at Promontory
is located 32 miles
west of Brigham
City. The Golden
Spike was driven
in 1869 to celebrate
the completion of
the nation's first
continental railroad.
(435-471-2209)
Fairfield
This
boom town from the
1850's, when Johnston's
army was stationed
at Camp Floyd, is
20 miles southwest
of Lehi via route
73. It is the site
of Stagecoach
Inn State Park,
which was an overnight
stop on the historic
overland stage and
Pony Express route.
The two-story adobe
and frame hotel,
restored with original
period furnishings,
is open daily in
summer. (801-768-8932)
Logan
and Vicinity
With
many historic mansions
and one of Utah's
finest old railroad
stations (now an
upscale southwestern
restaurant), Logan's
Center Street
has been designated
a National Historic
District. (435-752-2161)
In
Garden City, a historic
marker designates
a portion of the
first Oregon
Trail, and Rendezvous
Beach on Bear
Lake is near the
location where the
Rocky Mountain Fur
Company held mountain
man rendezvous'
beginning in 1826.
(435-752-2161)
Ogden
Ogden's
25th Street
is remembered as
an intriguing place
of excitement and
variety. Saloons
and bordellos stood
side by side with
more conventional
businesses which
thrived on Ogden's
status as a railroad
hub. Today, 25th
Street offers a
glimpse into the
past with the opportunity
to enjoy unique
shops, antique stores
and restaurants.
(801-627-8288)
Peery's
Egyptian Theatre
on Washington Blvd.
in Ogden was built
in 1924. It is noted
for its rococo terra
cotta exterior.
It has been renovated
to serve as a state-of-the-art
performance venue
and the centerpiece
of the Ogden Eccles
Conference Center.
(801-395-3200)
On
Antelope Island,
accessed via a causeway
from I-15 near Layton,
the Fielding
Garr Ranch House
was built in 1848
and lived in until
1981, making it
the oldest continuously
occupied Anglo-built
home in Utah. Call
for information
on guided tours
and activity schedules
(801-773-2941)
Park
City
Main
Street is the
heart of this sprawling
resort town. Dating
back to the city's
early days as a
silver mining boom
town, restored buildings
on the street house
purveyors of food
and drink, as well
as chic shops and
galleries.
Salt
Lake City
On
top of the hill
at the northern
end of State Street
is the Utah State
Capitol building
completed in 1914
and patterned after
the nation's capitol.
A brochure is available
detailing features
of the building's
interior and garden-like
grounds. Guided
tours are offered
most of the year.
Directly
across the street
to the south of
the State Capitol
is Council Hall,
home of the Utah
Travel Council.
Built in the 1860s
as Salt Lake City
Hall, it was dismantled
brick by brick in
1963 and moved to
Capitol Hill.
On
the western side
of Capitol Hill
is the Marmalade
Historic District,
or Fruit Tree Streets
where many original
pioneer-era homes
are located. (801-533-0858)
Memory
Grove at the
mouth of City Creek
Canyon, just east
of the State Capitol
and within walking
distance of downtown
Salt Lake City,
is dedicated to
Utah's war deceased.
At
the southern access
to Memory Grove
and City Creek Canyon
(North Temple and
State Streets),
City Creek Park
and the adjacent
Brigham Young
Memorial Park
provide pleasant
open space in a
busy city center.
The parks celebrate
historic aspects
of City Creek and
vicinity.
South
Temple Street is
lined with many
historic churches
including the Rhenish
Gothic-styled Cathedral
of the Madeleine,
built in 1909, (801-328-8941).
A red sandstone
exterior marks the
First Presbyterian
Church at South
Temple and "C"
Streets, (801-363-3889).
Once
the most fashionable
street in the city,
South Temple also
has numerous elegant
mansions, most notably,
the Kearns Mansion.
It was built in
1902 as the residence
of mining magnate
Thomas Kearns. It
is now the official
residence of Utah's
Governor. A fire
caused by faulty
holiday lights in
December of 1993
damaged much of
the mansion. During
renovation, the
original color scheme
and ornamentation
where re-created.
Tours are offered,
(801-538-1005).
One
block off South
Temple Street, the
Cathedral Church
of St. Mark
was built in 1871,
making it Utah's
oldest non-Mormon
church. It is also
the third oldest
Episcopal cathedral
in the United States.
(801-322-3400)
The
City and County
Building on
Washington Square
was an early encampment
for Mormon settlers.
After Utah became
the nation's 45th
state in 1896, this
impressive building
served as the State
Capitol for 19 years.
AT
279 S. 300 W., the
Greek Orthodox
Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity
was built in 1923,
replacing a church
built during 1905,
the year the Greek
Community of Utah
was first organized.
(801-328-9681)
Tooele
County
This
area, west of the
Salt Lake Valley,
is one of the few
places in the nation
where motorists
can see and drive
portions of the
Lincoln Highway,
the first coast-to-coast
"motor road"
for automobile travel
in the United States.
Construction of
the 3,389 mile highway,
named for Abraham
Lincoln, began in
1913. By 1927, the
route stretched
from New York City
to San Francisco,
passing through
twelve states. In
many areas, the
"highway"
was little more
than a one lane
dirt road, but several
stretches in Tooele
County have changed
little since they
were built in the
1920's. (435-882-6581)
Vernon
On
the Pony Express
Trail between
Vernon and the Nevada
border, signs mark
the original Pony
Express stations,
(435-882-0690).
