TEMPLE SQUARE
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| Temple of Jesus Christ of the Later Day Saints, at Temple Square |
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| Flowers on the Square |
THE UTAH STATE CAPITOL
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| Utah State Capitol, modeled after the US Capitol |
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| The Capitol atrium with murals |
FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY
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| The Family History Center, genealogy |
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| Dave finding and correcting an error |
PIONEER MEMORIAL MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS
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| Pioneer Memorial Museum |
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| Replica of the Golden Spike, with signatures. The original is at Stanford University. |
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| Restored fire engine |
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
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| Natural History Museum at the University of Utah |
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| The architecture and layout are terrific |
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| There's an amazing dinosaur collection |
HEBER VALLEY RAILROAD
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| The excursion train. Two days later it derailed, twice. |
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| PA Railroad Museum crew aboard |
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| Train robbers! |
PARK CITY
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| Park City Utah. We met Collette Herrick and Allan Ainsworth at the High West Saloon for a drink and a bite! |
GOLDEN SPIKE CEREMONY
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Dignitaries: Dept of Interior David Bernhardt, Governor Gary Herbert, President Russell M Nelson, LDS, Secretary Dept of Transportation, Elaine Chao, Chairman/President and CEO of Union Pacific, Lance Fritz, Ambassador of Ireland Daniel Mulhall. Keynote speaker was Jon Meacham, Historian and Author.
Messages of acknowledgement for the part the Indians, Chinese, Irish and Mormons played in building the rails. |
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| Before 20,000 guests appeared |
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| Video showed the stage, and a wonderful musical "As One" with Children's chorus, actors and dancers |
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| Joining of the Rails, May 1869 |
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Many ancestors of Chinese rail workers were there in yellow shirts and straw hats. The ceremony recognized the Chinese and had a video address by The Honorable Cui Tiankai, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States
THE "BIG BOY", UTAH STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM, OGDEN UNION STATION |
HILL AIR FORCE BASE AEROSPACE MSUEUM
70 historic aircraft
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| P38 Lightning |
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| P40 Warhawk |
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| P51 Mustang |
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| Dave and Dave (Dunn) |
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| The Flying Banana |
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| F4 Phantom |
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| B29 |
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| B47 |
THE GREAT SALT LAKE
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| Antelope State Park on the Great Salt Lake |
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| The Great Salt Lake |
THE LDS CONFERENCE CENTER AND SALT LAKE CITY
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| The LDS Conference Center Sculpture (and lots of historical and religious art) |
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| On the roof of the LDS Conference Center |
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| The LDS Conference center seats 21,000 people. Meetings twice a year. Olympic opening ceremony was there in 2002. |
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| Garden and grass on the roof of the LDS Conference Center |
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| The Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
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| The Joseph Smith building. It used to be a hotel. |
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