Salt Lake City

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Salt Lake City

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The capital and largest city of Utah, in the north-central part of the state between Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Range. Brigham Young and his followers settled here in 1847, establishing it as the center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Salt Lake City

(Placename) a city in N central Utah, near the Great Salt Lake at an altitude of 1330 m (4300 ft): state capital; founded in 1847 by the Mormons as world capital of the Mormon Church; University of Utah (1850). Pop: 179 894 (2003 est)

Salt′ Lake` Cit′y

the capital of Utah, in the N part, near the Great Salt Lake. 172,575.

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Salt Lake City - the capital and largest city of Utah; located near the Great Salt Lake in north central Utah; world capital of the Mormon Church

capital of Utah

Beehive State, Mormon State, Utah, UT - a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young

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In three years he was better off than his neighbours, in six he was well-to-do, in nine he was rich, and in twelve there were not half a dozen men in the whole of Salt Lake City who could compare with him.

He and they had been among the Nevada Mountains prospecting for silver, and were returning to Salt Lake City in the hope of raising capital enough to work some lodes which they had discovered.

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On leaving Omaha, it passes along the left bank of the Platte River as far as the junction of its northern branch, follows its southern branch, crosses the Laramie territory and the Wahsatch Mountains, turns the Great Salt Lake, and reaches Salt Lake City, the Mormon capital, plunges into the Tuilla Valley, across the American Desert, Cedar and Humboldt Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, and descends, via Sacramento, to the Pacific--its grade, even on the Rocky Mountains, never exceeding one hundred and twelve feet to the mile.

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Our cattle were all played out," Saxon was saying, "and winter was so near that we couldn't dare try to cross the Great American Desert, so our train stopped in Salt Lake City that winter.

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It began at Salt Lake City with a hundred telephones, in 1880.

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star of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics before a single blade touched ice.

ICE MAN OHNO POISED TO AGAIN BE A STAR AT WINTER OLYMPICS

announced it is providing its industry-leading market information to commercial real estate professionals in Salt Lake City and has signed top commercial real estate brokerage firms as subscribers.

CoStar expanding its reach with new license agreement

Hispanic activists and several religious leaders in Salt Lake City are more than a little upset about the mayor's choice for the city's new minority affairs coordinator.

Defining minority: controversy surrounds Salt Lake City's new minority affairs coordinator, Blythe Nobleman, who is not only white but also an out lesbian. (Behind the Headlines)

This gibe subtly acknowledged the garrison state conditions in which the Salt Lake City Olympics were held.

Through the Olympic looking glass. (The Last Word)

Its location, 33 miles northeast of Salt Lake City, is off the popular Park City/Deer Valley/Snowbird track, making it a fun, relaxing - and cheaper - place to ski.

WITH THIS MUCH SNOW, NO TWO RUNS ARE EXACTLY ALIKE

Salt Lake City -- Two Utah tribal Smart Sites have received 8(a) certification from the U.