The Story of Utah In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 Utah landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Beehive State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Beehive kilns... Roosevelt's Tree Army... fur traders... Eden of Wayne</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>County... roadside wonders... Pony Express... Miracle of the Gulls...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>auto tourists... Horn Silver Mine... ghost towns... Mission 66... Par-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>cel Post Bank... Enola Gay Hangar... the golden age of motoring...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>BCS Buster... Strawberry Valley Project... Buffalo soldiers... Malcolm</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Campbell's Bluebird... Utah War... Parkitecture... Stagecoach... Lin-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>coln Highway... Mighty Five... water cure... Land art movement...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>trading posts... open-pit mining... This book will have you telling sto-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ries like a native in no time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make Utah uniquely Utah. Why are the hallways and staircases in Lion</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>House so narrow? Solved. What Utah building did Frank Lloyd Wright</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>call one of the architectural masterpieces of the country and perhaps</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the world? A mystery no more. Where is Salt Lake City's first desig-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>nated arboretum? Identified. Where is America's longest non-urban</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>tunnel? Revealed. Where is the spot the Golden Spike was driven to</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>complete the transcontinental railroad in 1869? No one knows.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only Utah can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Beehive State standing in plain sight on Utah streets!</span></p><p></p>