One of the most important artists of the 20th Century took a convoluted journey to create one of the most significant works of land art in the world. And it happened right here in Utah.
Verla Gean Miller FarmanFarmaian -- beloved teacher to many Utah school children -- made one decision to travel that set her on a fantastic journey that changed her life.
The 1940 assassination in Mexico City of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky has an odd Utah connection in Joseph Hansen, whose journey took him from a childhood in Richfield, Utah, to the deathbed of one of the most important leaders of the 20th Century.
Elizabeth Randall Cumming came to Salt Lake in 1858 as the wife of Utah's first non-Mormon Territorial Governor. Her expectations of the journey were defied every step of the way.
The belief that there was no future for the LDS Church in the East motivated the Mormon exodus West, to the far side of the Rocky Mountains. But how did the Mormons know where they were going?
The stagecoach is a legendary symbol of the American West, part of a transportation network that spanned the continent. How did Utah fit into this network?
You've heard of record-making aviators Charles Lindberg, Amelia Earhart, and even the Wright Brothers. But who was Russell Maughan? Born and raised in Logan, Utah, Russell Maughan was a fighter pilot in World War I, and later served as a test pilot for the US Army Air Service. World War I had spurred rapid developments in aviation, and the US government was eager to expand the military and commercial potential of air transportation.
A group of Russian pioneers sought a place to build their religious colony far from cities and government interference. Where else would they come but Utah?
The United States has a long history of limiting immigration and managing migrants once they are here, including a campaign to register non-citizen immigrants living in Utah.
