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| − | Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. It was originally known as Great Salt Lake City. | + | Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. It was originally known as Great Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City is also known as the "Crossroads of the West". |
Salt Lake City has a population of over 178,000. The Salt Lake City metropolitan area spans Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties, and has a total estimated population of more than 1,034,000. It is the third-highest metropolitan population in the interior western U.S. | Salt Lake City has a population of over 178,000. The Salt Lake City metropolitan area spans Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties, and has a total estimated population of more than 1,034,000. It is the third-highest metropolitan population in the interior western U.S. | ||
The city was founded in [[1847]] by a group of [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneers]] led by the prophet [[Brigham Young]], who fled hostility from the midwest. Salt Lake City is now the headquarters of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (the L.D.S. or [http://www.understandingmormonism.org Mormon Church]. | The city was founded in [[1847]] by a group of [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneers]] led by the prophet [[Brigham Young]], who fled hostility from the midwest. Salt Lake City is now the headquarters of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (the L.D.S. or [http://www.understandingmormonism.org Mormon Church]. | ||
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| + | Beform Mormon settlement, several Native American groups, the Ute, the Shoshone, and the Paiute, had dwelled in the Salt Lake Valley for thousands of years. They where usually there on a temporary basis near where streams came out of the nearby mountains. The first Caucasian near present-day Salt Lake City was an explorer named Jim Bridger. Bridger was exploring the area in 1825. | ||
Revision as of 06:41, 6 April 2008
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. It was originally known as Great Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City is also known as the "Crossroads of the West".
Salt Lake City has a population of over 178,000. The Salt Lake City metropolitan area spans Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties, and has a total estimated population of more than 1,034,000. It is the third-highest metropolitan population in the interior western U.S.
The city was founded in 1847 by a group of Mormon pioneers led by the prophet Brigham Young, who fled hostility from the midwest. Salt Lake City is now the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the L.D.S. or Mormon Church.
History
Beform Mormon settlement, several Native American groups, the Ute, the Shoshone, and the Paiute, had dwelled in the Salt Lake Valley for thousands of years. They where usually there on a temporary basis near where streams came out of the nearby mountains. The first Caucasian near present-day Salt Lake City was an explorer named Jim Bridger. Bridger was exploring the area in 1825.
