(Salt Lake City, UT) — Tomorrow is the perfect excuse to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. All national parks are free in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Here in Utah, that’s 11 places waiving entrance fees. The list includes Arches in Grand County, Bryce Canyon in Garfield […]
(Lexington, KY) — A 43-foot piece of artwork is on its way to Utah. The 43-foot Golden Spike Monument left Lexington, Kentucky yesterday. Over the next two and-a-half weeks it will travel across the U.S. honoring the people who built the transcontinental railroad. The celebration will end October 23rd and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An annual northern Utah event honoring American West railroad history is being canceled due to the government shutdown. The Winter Steam Festival at the Golden Spike National Monument northwest of Ogden was scheduled for Friday and Saturday. A U.S. government webpage for the event shows […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. House has approved a plan to turn northern Utah’s Golden Spike National Historic Site into a park that will boost its prominence. The proposal from Utah Republican Rep. Rob Bishop would make the site at Promontory Summit where the first transcontinental railroad in […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah Republican Rep. Rob Bishop wants to turn northern Utah’s Golden Spike National Historic Site into a national park. Bishop told The Standard-Examiner in Ogden that he’s introducing legislation Thursday that would elevate the status of the site at Promontory Summit where the first transcontinental railroad in country […]
