Utah history

A small but growing group of “bell hunters” is dedicated to visiting as many of the replicas as possible. If you want to join the hunt, you can start right here in Utah.

Brigham Young approved an order to “exterminate” Native Americans in 1850 after Latter-day Saint settlers arrived in Utah Valley. The Nation’s chief executive says her people still live in fear.

Historic Black travel guides, like the Green Book, didn’t list many safe accommodation options in southwest Utah. The Zion National Park Lodge, however, was a rare refuge.

The 101-year-old Japanese Church of Christ is one of two remaining buildings in Salt Lake City's Japantown district. The discovery of a cast iron box in the church's cornerstone is revealing the story of early Japanese immigrants.

On July 16, 1945, the U.S. detonated the first nuclear bomb. In the years that followed, other tests led to a wave of health problems in Utah and across the West. Now, advocates are celebrating the expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

Today, the sego lily is prominent in Salt Lake City’s efforts towards a sense of belonging and acceptance for its diverse residents. But 150 years ago, it was Latter-day Saints fighting for acceptance in a unified “garland” of states.

Smoot represented Utah in the senate from 1903-1933 and was a central architect of the United States’ tariff policies leading up to and during the Great Depression.

Students at the Indian boarding school, which operated in Brigham City until 1984, shared their cultures by painting on the walls. Now their work is public.

In early May, St. George will build an electrical substation in a lot bursting with pieces of prehistoric fish, plants and dinosaurs. Paleontologists and volunteers are trying to salvage the fossils while they can.

“We can't post policemen at every rock art or rock writing site,” said Southern Utah University's Samantha Kirkley. So the key is helping kids develop a link to the past.

More than 200,000 black Utah license plates have been issued, raising millions for the Utah Historical Society. One lawmaker wants to set a limit on those funds.

The proposal drew pushback from Garfield County residents, who valued the historic name for the trail road going through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.