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This is the second in a series of blog posts that will explore records held by the Utah State Archives that help illuminate the story of Utah’s role in the larger western movement to tame and develop the Colorado River as a vital resource in the arid west. UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN COMPACT With the passage of the Colorado River Compact

A small digital collection that contained only the earliest Spring City Council minutes has now been expanded to include several maps from the same city. Records in this collection were created by various local government entities in Sanpete County and document the history of the county. Sanpete County, located in central Utah, is a largely agricultural county founded in 1850.

Here along the Wasatch Front, we periodically get some pretty wild windstorms. Some do more damage than others, so some are more memorable than others. In September 2020 we had a particularly strong storm that uprooted hundreds of trees and caused prolonged power outages. Coming as it did on the heels of Salt Lake’s largest recorded earthquake and in the

This is the first in a series of blog posts that will explore records held by the Utah State Archives that help illuminate the story of Utah’s role in the larger western movement to tame and develop the Colorado River as a vital resource in the arid west. THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN The Colorado River originates in the high Rocky

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during November 2021: Inventory of Property ownership plat maps from Davis County (Utah). County Recorder, 1952-2021 Inventory of Attorneys’ Receipt for Papers record from District Court (Fourth District : Juab County), 1898-1906, 1924-1994. Inventory of Beautification commission records from Washington City (Utah), 1990-1996 Inventory

In 1894, Congress voted to invite Utah into the Union. President Grover Cleveland signed the Enabling Act, which allowed Utah to officially form a Constitutional Convention. Utahns moved with enthusiasm as they had been waiting for the opportunity to become a state for decades. They held an election to choose the delegates and convened the convention in March of 1895.

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during October 2021: Inventory of Arts Division This is the Place slide show from Centennial Commission (1947), 1947. Inventory of Capitol dome copper souvenir from Division of Facilities Construction and Management, 1981. Inventory of Capitol projects and events photographs from Division of Facilities Construction

This blog post was written by Eric Schubert, a 2021 Intern at the Utah State Archives and Records Service. He is a junior at Elizabethtown College and working on his history and political science degree. In today’s day and age, various historical databases can tell us so much about the lives of those who lived before us. By picking a record

Did you miss Family History Day? Don’t worry – we recorded it! You can watch all the presentations, plus both brown bag lunch discussions, on our YouTube page. Click on the images below to watch! A big thank you to all the presenters for sharing their knowledge and skills with us.

The Utah State Archives and Records Service is proud to announce that our Name Indexes site was chosen as one of the 75 Best State Websites for Genealogy by Family Tree Magazine! This is an annual list published to provide readers with the best state-specific online resources for researching their ancestors. This year’s list has been expanded to include valuable