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August 18, 2021
“All Were Rattled”: Butch Cassidy, The Castle Gate Robbery, and the Wild West
This blog post was written by Emily Stoll, a summer 2021 Intern at the Utah State Archives and Records Service. She is a senior at Weber State University and working on her public history degree. On April 21st, 1897, the Pleasant Valley Coal Company located in Castle Gate, Utah, was robbed in broad daylight. Considered to be one of the
May 10, 2021
Where Do I Catch the Train to Las Vegas?
Written by Tony Castro, Reference Archivist at the Utah State Archives and Records Service Research Center. These days, historic railroad stations across the country seem to be for everything except purchasing tickets and boarding trains. What’s more popular these days are a variety of services such as chambers of commerce, history museums, and antique shops. In some cases, the stations
March 7, 2021
Remembering the Castle Gate Mining Disaster
On March 8, 1924, explosions within a Castle Gate coal mine changed the lives of over one hundred families in Carbon County, UT. A headlamp ignited methane gas, which in turn incinerated airborne coal dust and caused an explosive chain reaction killing 172 men. There were no survivors. The disaster left 110 widows with 264 dependent children. The Red Cross
April 4, 2019
Documents on the Utah Public Notice Website
This guest post is written by Glen Fairclough who is the administrator of the Utah Public Notice Website. From time to time, people ask whether documents posted on the Utah Public Notice Website are ever removed. The answer to that question has changed. From its inception in 2008, the practice was to make all documents available through the website. Given
February 14, 2019
Finding the Needle in a Haystack
Finding a needle in a haystack, better known as locating a single file among 139,264 boxes.
January 29, 2019
State of the State Archives – 2019
Guest Post by Ken Williams, State Archivist and Director of the State Archives. A new year has arrived at the Utah State Archives and Records Service with several exciting accomplishments behind us, initiatives on the horizon, and the kick-off of another legislative session. Here are just a few things that we have been doing. Last year, our Open Government team
December 13, 2017
Coyote Stories & Folk Tales from the San Juan County School District
A peek at the new records coming to the Utah State Archives from San Juan County School District’s Heritage Language Resource Center.
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