The first settlers of Grouse Creek were drawn to the area because of the meadows.
Grouse Creek borders Nevada on the West and Idaho on the North.
The area was originally known as "Cooksville", but it was renamed
Grouse Creek because of the abundance of Sage Grouse in the area.
Recent census numbers show only about 125 people living in Grouse Creek.
Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is a lasting remnant of Lake Bonneville, an ice age lake, which
covered most of the Great Basin.
There are no natural outlets to the Great Salt Lake, and as a result, the slat content in the lake
grows every year. However, most of the salt is considered to be relict salt left from Lake Bonneville.
Interesting fact, the high concentration of salt in the lake allows you to float.
It is the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River.
Golden Spike National Historic Park
Amidst the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln signed
the Pacific Railway Act. This gave the United
States permission to build the first railroad
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Two railroad companies raced to complete the
railroad. The Central Pacific Railroad was
hired to build a railroad east starting in
Sacramento, California. The Union Pacific was
hired to lay track west, starting at Council
Bluffs, Iowa.
The two teams met in Promontory Point, Utah
on May 10, 1869, and a final spike, made out of 17.6
karat gold, was used to complete the
first Transcontinental Railroad across the
United States.
You can see working replicas of the trains,
"Jupiter" and "No. 119", from
May through September at the historic site.
Utah State University
Utah State University was founded on March 8, 1888.
Located in Logan, Utah, it offers 162 undergraduate degrees.
The school is famous for their Aggie Ice Cream, which they make in their own creamery.
Hill Air Force Base (HAFB)
Hill AFB is the home of the
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Ogden Air Logistics Complex.
The Ogden Air Logistics Complex operates as the
worldwide manager of aircraft, engines, missiles,
software, avionics, and accessory components.
Hill Air Force Base is named in honor of
Major Ployer Peter Hill (1894-1935).
Visitors come to the Hill Aerospace Museum to
learn more about airplanes and aero science.
In addition to the many educational exhibits, there are
ninety different aircrafts on display
at the museum.
Powder Mountain Ski Resort
Powder Mountain is the largest ski resort in
the United States by skiable acreage. The
resort has 154 trails, 9 lifts and 2
terrain parks.
While there is no snow during the summer, visitors can explore
and bike the trails found throughout the resort.
Lagoon
Lagoon's White Roller Coaster is one of the
oldest operating wooden coasters in the world.
It has 2,500 feet (762 m) of track, top speeds
of 45 mph (72 km/h), and hills reaching 60 feet
(18 m) high.
Famous singers such as the Rolling Stones,
Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, and Louis Armstrong
have played in different venues around the
park.
In 1953, a big fire destroyed much of the park.
It burnt down part of the Roller Coaster.
Even today, if you look closely at the carousel,
you can see faint burn marks on the wood.
Sections of the Roller Coaster are replaced
yearly.
Utah State Capitol Building
The State Capitol building was built between
1912 and 1916.
The capitol building houses the chambers and
offices of the Utah State Legislature, the
governor, lieutenant governor, attorney
general, state auditor and their staffs.
After a tornado hit the Salt Lake area in 1999,
some of the fallen trees were used to make the
governor's desk.
Interesting Fact: The Utah State Capitol has been used in movies
for exterior and interior pictures of the U.S.
Capitol.
Eagle Gate
This monument is located in Salt Lake City at
the mouth of City Creek Canyon. It used to be
an entrance to Brigham Young's property.
Originally, the gate was topped by a wooden
eagle. Eventually it was replaced by the
current 4,000-pound, 20-foot wingspan,
bronze eagle.
The original 1859 wooden eagle is on display
at the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum in
Salt Lake City.
Bonneville Speedway
The Salt Flats were formed when ancient Lake
Bonneville dried up.
The Salt Flats were first used for motor
sports in 1912. These sports did not become popular
until the 1930's when Ab Jenkins and
Sir Malcolm Campbell competed to set land
speed records.
In 1960, Mickey Thompson became the first
American to break the 400 miles per hour (640 km/h)
barrier, hitting 406.6 miles per hour
(654.36 km/h).
Today, the adrenaline-filled Speed Week is held annually on the Bonneville Salt Flats during the
month of August.
Salt Lake LDS Temple
At 253,015 square feet (23,505.9 m2),
it is the largest LDS temple by floor area.
Dedicated in 1893, it is the sixth temple
completed by The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and took 40 years to
complete.
Its walls are nine feet thick at the base
and six feet thick at the top.
This impressive six-spire structure serves
as a universal icon of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Vivint Smart Home Arena
The arena is the home of the
NBA team the Utah Jazz. Other teams play here like the
the Arena Football League Utah Blaze and the
Women's National Basketball Utah Starz.
During the 2002 Winter Olympics, the arena was referred to as the
Salt Lake Ice Center, and was used for figure skating and
short track speed skating competitions.
The arena was voted "the most intimidating arena for visiting teams"
in a 2008 survey of 242 NBA players. This might be because it is one of
loudest arenas in the league. During the 1997 NBA finals, sound levels on
the court reached 110 decibals. This is close to the amount of noise
generated by a jet's engines during takeoff.
Salt Lake International Airport
There are approximately 370 scheduled
departures from SLC each day. These flights serve nearly
100 cities with non-stop flights.
The airport complex is made up of two terminals,
five concourses and 71 gates, and is home to ten
airlines and their affiliates.
As of April 2017, the airport was ranked first for on
time departures and arrivals, as well as first in
lowest persent of cancellations.
Bingham Canyon Mine
Bingham Canyon Mine is the largest man-made
excavation in the world.
It has produced more than 19 million tons of copper,
which is more copper than any other mine
in history.
The mine has been in production since 1906.
The excavation pit is 0.6 miles
(970 m) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and
covers 1,900 acres (3.0 sq mi; 7.7 km2).
Bingham Canyon Mine is visible to
the naked eye from an orbiting space shuttle.
Utah Training and Testing Range (UTTR)
The Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) is
located in Northwestern Utah and Eastern
Nevada, within the Great Salt Lake Desert.
The range is host to a variety of training and
testing missions for the Air Force, Army, and
Marine Corps.
It is currently the largest over-land
supersonic-authorized restricted airspace in
the United States.
Interesting Fact: The testing range will be used as
the landing site for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample
return mission in 2023.
Skull Valley Indian Reservation
The Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of
Utah live on a reservation in Tooele County.
The reservation comprises 28.187 square miles
(73.00 km2) of land.
Utah Lake
Utah Lake is 24 miles long and 12 miles across
(over 96,000 acres total), and like the Great
Salt Lake it is a remnant of Lake Bonneville.
It is the third largest fresh water lake west
of the Mississippi River.
Almost half of the water
in Utah Lake evaporates each year (about fourty-one percent).
Silicon Slopes
Silicon Slopes is a branding campaign to
promote Utah's growing technology community.
More than 4,000 tech startups are centered
in Silicon Slopes.
The region hosts events like Tech Summit,
which attract 20,000+ people yearly.
Iosepa Ghost Town
Iosepa was once home to a colony of Hawaiian
pioneers.
Iosepa, (pronounced yo-SEH-pa), means
Joseph in Hawaiian. The town was named
after Joseph F. Smith, a missionary who
visited the Hawaiian Islands.
The town was well-known for its streets lined
with yellow roses. In 1911, Iosepa even won
the state prize for being the "best kept and
most progressive city in the state of Utah."
It was inhabited during the period 1889 - 1917.
Many settlers of Iosepa returned home to Hawaii
when the Laie Hawaii LDS temple was announced
in 1917.
The town has been reclaimed by the desert and
hardly any of it remains. However, every
Memorial Day weekend, hundreds of Polynesians
gather in the ghost town for a celebration in
honor of their ancestors.
Ute Stampede Rodeo
The Ute Stampede Rodeo is a Professional Rodeo
Cowboys Association sanctioned Rodeo, and it is
traditionally held the second week of July in
Nephi, Utah.
Beginning in 1934, this attraction has become
a yearly tradition.
The Ute Stampede Rodeo brings thousands of
fans, world-class athletes and
some of the best bull riders in the country.
Sawtooth National Forest
Sawtooth National Forest covers 2,110,408
acres. Four percent is located in Utah with
the other ninety-six percent in Idaho.
The National Forest includes over 1,100 lakes,
and 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of
rivers and streams.
Deseret Peak
Deseret Peak is the highest peak in the
Stansbury Mountains, and the site is a popular
destination for hikers.
To the south of the peak, there is a distinct
wagon trail from the 1850's. This is called
the Hastings Cut-Off.
Rio Tinto Stadium
Rio Tinto is home to Utah's Major League Soccer club,
Real Salt Lake, the National Women's Soccer
League club, as well as home to the Utah Royals.
The stadium opened on October 9, 2008, and seats
20,213 soccer fans.
Rio Tinto Stadium has also been used for
rugby matches.
Box Elder County Court House
The court house was built in 1857 and was
expanded in 1910.
It is asserted to be the best example of
Neo-Classical Revival architecture in Box
Elder County.
On February 18, 1887, the 927-pound clock
was shipped to Brigham City. After its
installation in the Box Elder County
Courthouse, the clock functioned until
sometime after World War II.