“I, ……, do hereby swear, before the Great and Living God, that during my engagement, and while I am an employee of Russell, Majors and Waddell, I will, under no circumstances, use profane language, that I will drink no intoxicating liquors, that I will not quarrel or fight with any other employee of the firm, [...]

For a land-locked state, it is rather odd that the Utah State Bird is the California Gull (or common sea gull), but there’s a very good reason for it. In the summer of 1848, swarms of crickets attacked the pioneers fields and food supplies. Attempts to drown, burn, bury and club the infestation were unsuccessful, [...]

Powder Mountain Ski Resort has an unusual beginning, primarily due to its unique founder, Frederick James Cobabe. Orphaned at age 15, he became a sheepherder, taking his pay in sheep to build his own herd. And that was why he began accumulating land around Eden, Utah. Not satisfied with being a rancher, or with his [...]

Christmas in the Canyon The Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Center for the Arts sits on an 80 acre parcel of land at the base of Padre Canyon in Ivins, Utah. This outdoor stage has an awesome backdrop of 1,500 foot red rock cliffs that dramatically amplifies the sound of the music and performing arts productions. It’s [...]

The Old West has been romanticized in story and song, movie and book … cowboys, good guys versus bad guys, heading west to make your fortune in gold and so much more. In truth, while the scenery is beyond compare, there really wasn’t much romantic about the West. For most people, it was a tough [...]

Table of Contents for the Haunted Southwest Series: Haunted Hotel: The Stanley Hotel, Colorado The Vulture Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona Haunted Hotel: The San Carlos, Phoenix, Arizona The Haunted Shores of the Great Salt Lake, Utah Haunted Tombstone, Arizona Haunted Mines: Ghost, Goblins and Tommy Knockers, Southwest Ghost Camels of the Southwest Haunted Dawson Cemetary, New [...]

Table of Contents for the Haunted Southwest Series: Haunted Hotel: The Stanley Hotel, Colorado The Vulture Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona Haunted Hotel: The San Carlos, Phoenix, Arizona The Haunted Shores of the Great Salt Lake, Utah Haunted Tombstone, Arizona Haunted Mines: Ghost, Goblins and Tommy Knockers, Southwest Ghost Camels of the Southwest Haunted Dawson Cemetary, New [...]

Lehman Caves is located in the Snake Range of Great Basin National Park in Utah. Limestone formations drip from the walls in rare and unusual shapes called shields. There are over 300 shield formations in the cave and all the walls are decorated with stalactites, stalagmites, helictites, flowstone, popcorn and other formations. Nearly every surface [...]

Fish Lake is the largest natural mountain lake in Utah and is surrounded by majestic stands of aspens encircling open mountain meadows. The meadows and surrounding terrain are home to over 300 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, and include elk, deer, black bear, cougar, wild turkey, moose and mountain goats. Fish Lake [...]

Utah has a unique history when many memorable moments. It was first explored on behalf of Spain by Franciscan friars Escalante and Dominguez in 1776. In 1824 the famous American frontiersman Jim Bridger discovered the Great Salt Lake. The Mormons arrived in 1847 and became the construction of what is now modern day Salt Lake [...]