The Utah Hot Springs Resort at the base of Ogden Canyon offered city dwellers an escape into nature -- but at what cost? Learn more about selling Ogden's healing mineral springs.
In the late 19th century, the town of Newton, Utah was almost abandoned. Crops died, there was no water for animals or people... So how did the town survive?
Maybe you've seen his paintings in Utah's museums, or read his famous book called Our Inland Sea. Learn about 19th century artist Alfred Lambourne, who was Great Salt Lake's biggest fan.
Here in arid Utah, our terminal lakes are so sensitive that even small-scale nineteenth-century agriculture produced measurable changes. Find out how early geologist Grove Karl Gilbert calculated this delicate balance.
Who has a right to water? How you answer that question likely reflects your cultural concept of water ownership. It's no surprise that ideas about how to fairly allocate this precious resource vary wildly -- both today, and in the past.
Out in Utah's West Desert is a massive $60 million infrastructure project that hasn't been used in over thirty years. Can you guess what it is and why it was made?
The uranium mining and milling industry in Utah has had a devastating effect on water that disproportionately affected the health and safety of Native American tribes.
Mark Twain famously joked that "Whiskey is for drinking, but water is for fighting over." Find out how the struggle for water between two Utah towns led to a lawsuit that resulted in nearly an entire LDS ward being disfellowshipped.
The valley floor and cliffs of Clear Creek Canyon were sculpted over millions of years and evidence hints that humans moved along its waters as early as 8,000 years ago. You may have driven through this canyon yourself, but do you know the importance of this waterway to the generations of Native peoples who have lived there?
Public health is a common good that communities have long rallied around. In the early 20th Century, the highly infectious typhoid disease brought health experts and Utah's citizens together to demand clean water and upgraded public water systems.
You have probably walked over a buried creek many times and not realized it. Underneath the streets of Salt Lake Valley are seven creeks flowing from the Wasatch Mountains. What are the costs of hiding this water?
Living in the desert means dealing with extreme conditions. Sometimes that means drought, but other times the problem is too much water all at once. Learn how Utahns in Manti looked upstream to tackle the problem of flooding.
Making use of the Sevier River for agriculture required some ingenuity after early Mormon settlers discovered that irrigation was more complicated than simply digging a ditch. Learn how an unconventional surveying tool nicknamed "Old Scraggen" came to their rescue.
The historic settlements underneath Willard Bay were submerged twice -- first by years of dirt, dust, and debris and then again by a flooded reservoir.
The 1934 drought that ravaged the nation was a natural disaster that came at the worst possible time for Utahns. Find out how officials helped guide the state through this catastrophe with help from the federal government.
Each summer, as the snowpack dwindles and drought restrictions come into play, most Utahns keep up a small oasis in the desert -- their front lawns. Learn why more than half of Utah's valuable household water is used outside to sprinkle this yield-less crop.
The decisions we make to manage Utah's rivers are complex. The creation of dams has had long-term impacts, but today, scientists are developing water management models that reflect the needs of both people and fish.
Like most Utah communities in the early 20th Century, Salt Lake City's Sugar House neighborhood lacked a public swimming pool. What's a kid to do on a scorching summer day? Well, use the pond on the grounds of the nearby Utah State Prison, of course!
Timp Glacier, on the east face of Mt Timpanogos, isn't really a glacier. But the distinction hardly mattered to thousands of skiers who were anxious for the unique chance to hit the slopes in July.
As the population of the American West grew in the mid-twentieth century, so did the demand for water. Learn how the fight over a proposed dam in the middle of Dinosaur National Monument gave birth to the modern conservation movement.
The outdoor recreation industry in Utah is worth billions of dollars. But getting out into nature for simple pleasure -- and paying someone to guide you -- is a relatively modern concept. Learn about a river trip taken in 1909 that forecast the growth of Utah's river recreation economy.
If someone admits they've broken the law, the government is not supposed to take up their cause. Yet that is exactly what happened when a group of farmers in Heber Valley stole water from the Ute Reservation for decades.
