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Salt Lake City,
Capital of the State of Utah and county seat of Salt Lake county; population in 1900, 53,531.
The city is one of the wonders of United States history.
It is in mid-continent; was founded by the Mormons in 1847, after their exodus from the Mississippi region; is at the western base of the Wasatch range of mountains, 4,334 feet above the sea; and near a great salt lake.
Its streets are regularly laid out, 125 feet in width, and the city covers a vast space in proportion to the number of its
A view of Salt Lake City. inhabitants.
It originally had 260 blocks, each an eighth of a mile square, and containing ten acres. Each block was divided into eight lots, ten by twenty rods, and contained an acre and a quarter.
Since the city was laid out, several of the blocks have been intersected by new streets.
There the Mormons built their greatest tabernacle, capable of seating 8.000 persons, covered by a self-supporting roof, and also a vast temple constructed of gray
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith , Joseph Fielding 1838 - (search)
Smith, Joseph Fielding 1838-
Mormon; born in Far West, Mo., Nov. 13, 1838; crossed the plains to Salt Lake City in 1848; worked as a laborer in 1848-54; was a Mormon missionary to the Sandwich Islands in 1854-57; became a high-priest and member of the high council in October, 1858; was subsequently missionary to Europe; was ordained an apostle in July, 1866; and was president of the constitutional convention which met in 1882 to draw up a constitution for the State of Utah, and to petition Congress for admission to the Union.
He was second counsellor in the Mormon Church under presidents Taylor, Woodruff, and Snow, and on Oct. 17, 1901, was elected president of the Church to succeed Lorenzo snow (q. v.).
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Stansbury, Howard 1806-1863
Surveyor; born in New York City, Feb. 8, 1806; became a civil engineer.
In 1828 he was appointed to survey lines for the proposed canals from Lakes Erie and Michigan to the Wabash River.
He was made first lieutenant, Topographical Engineers, in 1838, and captain in 1840; explored the Great Salt Lake region in 1849-51, and gained a high reputation by his report on that section.
He was promoted major in 1861.
He was the author of An expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah.
He died in Madison, Wis., April 17, 1863.
Stanton, Edwin McMasters
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